I will have to say that I am quite disturbed by this story. My interpretation of Stavrogin is that he is a man that was raised with everything handed to him so he had no appreciation of anything. Rule and decency did not apply to him because he could not feel the reasoning behind it. His written confection begins with listing his static and showing his wealth with no feeling behind anything, “I, Nikolai Stavrogin, a retired army officer, lived in Petersburg in 186-, leading a life of dissipation in which I found no pleasure. At that time I had three lodgings during a certain period”. (Page 162)
When trying to comprehend the reason behind Stavrogin seducing (to put is lightly) Mayosha I could not define one particular reason but a number of scenarios that intrigued his dark side. For instance, Stavrogin was only drown to Mayosha because of her innocents and how she allowed her mother to abuse her, “She had been screaming at her daughter for the loss of some rag and had even pulled her hair. But when that rag was found under …show more content…
For instance when he stated; “I liked was the feeling of rapture caused by the agonizing consciousness of my baseness. I felt just the same when standing at same shameful and frenzied feeling, and on one occasion I did so with quite extraordinary force. I admit that I often sought it myself, for to me it was the strongest of any sensation of that kind”. (Page 165) Which makes me believe Stavrogin is an addicted to intense feeling. I still debating if he an adrenalin junky or if he is just so discounted that he must live extreme circumstances to feel just a hint of what a normal person feels. The best way I can explain is by comparing Stavrogin feeling to an alcoholic. A person that only drinks on occasion will only need a few glass of alcohol to feel an impact however an alcoholic will need more every time just to get a little
When trying to comprehend the reason behind Stavrogin seducing (to put is lightly) Mayosha I could not define one particular reason but a number of scenarios that intrigued his dark side. For instance, Stavrogin was only drown to Mayosha because of her innocents and how she allowed her mother to abuse her, “She had been screaming at her daughter for the loss of some rag and had even pulled her hair. But when that rag was found under …show more content…
For instance when he stated; “I liked was the feeling of rapture caused by the agonizing consciousness of my baseness. I felt just the same when standing at same shameful and frenzied feeling, and on one occasion I did so with quite extraordinary force. I admit that I often sought it myself, for to me it was the strongest of any sensation of that kind”. (Page 165) Which makes me believe Stavrogin is an addicted to intense feeling. I still debating if he an adrenalin junky or if he is just so discounted that he must live extreme circumstances to feel just a hint of what a normal person feels. The best way I can explain is by comparing Stavrogin feeling to an alcoholic. A person that only drinks on occasion will only need a few glass of alcohol to feel an impact however an alcoholic will need more every time just to get a little