Comparing Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment

Would you kill one person to save ten thousand? Would you kill one person to prevent poverty for everyone else? Would you kill a selfish, wealthy businesswoman who cheats others out of their money to create the betterment for the rest of your community? Dostoevsky forms the moral dilemma and mental torment for Raskolnikov throughout part one of the book by utilizing Raskolnikov’s lack of self-restraint against him. From the beginning of the book, Raskolnikov displays his lack of self-control due to his inner thoughts and dreams making his motive in killing the old woman flourish. From the beginning of the book, Raskolnikov used self-interactive conversations to deal with different situations. These conversations caused me to believe that Raskolnikov …show more content…
Raskolnikov, throughout part one, demonstrates the effect of isolation, loneliness, and his introvert personality. By Dostoevsky placing the murder in the first part, it evoked the reader to feel empathy towards the murder Raskolnikov committed based on his longing for redemption and his intent of using the murder to create the successful well-being for others. Raskolnikov aspect of redemption and creating this successful well-being for others was by eliminating the old pawn woman, who everyone saw as wicked and evil because of her flawed dealings. Since his time at the university, Raskolnikov’s introvert personality has taken over his entire control of his ability to talk to others, including his landlord and individuals he considered friends, causing him to ignore many people or immediately regretting starting conversations with them. Raskolnikov faced the moral dilemma of killing the pawn lady, who he saw as wicked and would gain positive outcomes from it, versus committing a crime and a sin. Ultimately, Raskolnikov’s flawed mental state caused him to view the murder as the means towards accepting his inner thoughts and