Napoleon Bonaparte felt that he was a genius and was inclined to “better society” through his wisdom and extreme ideas. The main character of Crime and Punishment, Rodion Raskalnikov, relates himself to this leader. Moreover, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote his magnum opus, Crime and Punishment, to dismiss a radical view of society held by the novel’s protagonist. He is trying to say that it is impossible to justify a harsh crime such as a murder because the inevitable punishment of a guilty conscience will haunt the minds of all men. The novel’s protagonist believes that people with overwhelming intelligence are not subject to the law and are responsible for ridding society of its evils. It is apparent that Dostoevsky’s purpose in the novel is to
