In the novel Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov's motive for murder relies less on monetary gain, as he doesn't end up successfully robbing the pawnbroker, and less on his utilitarian rationalization that by killing her he was doing the community a favor, but instead more so on him subconsciously wanting to feel like he could accomplish something for himself; as he let his urges take over reason. For Raskolnikov, who is constantly caught up in his thoughts, his initial dream serves almost as a warning, or an opportunity for him to decide which path he wants to take. Raskolnikov's dreams further reveal to the reader how ones erratic thoughts are destructive to our lives and lead us into situations that need to be rationalized about later on through more erratic thoughts.
Raskolnikov's initial dream of being a child and watching a mare beaten to death shows him feeling helpless as he watches the cruelties of the world take place. His father and crowd represent his conflict over the detachment that his surrounding seem to dictate of him and his wanting for justice as a kid. In analyzing this dream are …show more content…
His friend Razumikhin mentions that there is something weighing him down and it's what is perhaps working in his mind that is what worries Razumikhin;“You know, he has something on his mind!…Something immovable, weighing him down...That is decidedly what I am very much afraid of.” (130).Tolstoy mentions that Raskolinkov was “not living in real life, rather he was acting like a machine” (487). He is constantly torn between his thoughts and reality, so feeling frustrated of this he settles to kill her as an act of his asseriveness over reality, a way to release an inner
Raskolnikov's initial dream of being a child and watching a mare beaten to death shows him feeling helpless as he watches the cruelties of the world take place. His father and crowd represent his conflict over the detachment that his surrounding seem to dictate of him and his wanting for justice as a kid. In analyzing this dream are …show more content…
His friend Razumikhin mentions that there is something weighing him down and it's what is perhaps working in his mind that is what worries Razumikhin;“You know, he has something on his mind!…Something immovable, weighing him down...That is decidedly what I am very much afraid of.” (130).Tolstoy mentions that Raskolinkov was “not living in real life, rather he was acting like a machine” (487). He is constantly torn between his thoughts and reality, so feeling frustrated of this he settles to kill her as an act of his asseriveness over reality, a way to release an inner