Part 1 “...he had been in an overstrained, irritable condition, verging on hypochondria. He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows that he dreaded meeting, not only his landlady, but anyone at all.”( Ch.1,1)
Analysis:
The speaker is the narrator. The context is that Raskolnikov rents a small awful room on the highest level that has meals included. However, he has to pass by the landlady’s open kitchen door to get out of the building and he hates it because he does not want to hear her gossip or demands for the money he owes, and feels ashamed of trying to run away.Furthermore, at this part he has thought about the process of his sinister plan, and excluding himself from the outside world is important because he does not want to be recognized nor paid attention to, be on the low so no one can point fingers to him.The significance is that it connects to the motif of alienation because throughout the novel, he excludes himself from friends, school,family, and human beings because he believes on the idea that he is an extraordinary man and to be an extraordinary man, one must be alone and not feel guilt. …show more content…
The context is that he dreamed of being with his dad as a child and are passing by a bar where there is an old horse pulling a cart but it terrifies him when the owner starts whipping at the horse to make her carry an amount of heavy people as she gallops.But then the owner kills the horse with a crowbar for entertainment, after torturing it and telling everyone to join in to the killing of the mare. Which some people protested but did not do anything to save it and others laughed at the horse's suffering. This dream is significant because during part 1, Raskolnikov is contemplating murdering the pawnbroker using a crowbar. However, this dream is based on his conscience and he contemplates the possibility he should not kill the pawnbroker because it is inhuman and society will judge at his
Analysis:
The speaker is the narrator. The context is that Raskolnikov rents a small awful room on the highest level that has meals included. However, he has to pass by the landlady’s open kitchen door to get out of the building and he hates it because he does not want to hear her gossip or demands for the money he owes, and feels ashamed of trying to run away.Furthermore, at this part he has thought about the process of his sinister plan, and excluding himself from the outside world is important because he does not want to be recognized nor paid attention to, be on the low so no one can point fingers to him.The significance is that it connects to the motif of alienation because throughout the novel, he excludes himself from friends, school,family, and human beings because he believes on the idea that he is an extraordinary man and to be an extraordinary man, one must be alone and not feel guilt. …show more content…
The context is that he dreamed of being with his dad as a child and are passing by a bar where there is an old horse pulling a cart but it terrifies him when the owner starts whipping at the horse to make her carry an amount of heavy people as she gallops.But then the owner kills the horse with a crowbar for entertainment, after torturing it and telling everyone to join in to the killing of the mare. Which some people protested but did not do anything to save it and others laughed at the horse's suffering. This dream is significant because during part 1, Raskolnikov is contemplating murdering the pawnbroker using a crowbar. However, this dream is based on his conscience and he contemplates the possibility he should not kill the pawnbroker because it is inhuman and society will judge at his