Vykupistof (Redeemed one)
Redemption can be defined as being forgiven for your actions done onto yourself or others. In the novel Crime and Punishment the author Dostevesky teaches us that you must go through extreme self reflectance and harm to be redeemed for your actions. But you must also feel true sympathy for what you did. Dostevesky does a amazing job of showing us different characters going through redemption of avoiding redemption. This novel shows us that self realization, forgiveness, and public confession are all key points to lead to redemption.
First the man seeking redemption must know what he did was wrong, in the novel Raskonikovs does this when he says " Good God!... can it be, can it be, that I shall really take an axe, …show more content…
In the novel Raskonikov goes to publicity confess but then decided to tell the police instead. "Go to the crossroads, bow down to the people, kiss the earth, for you have sinned against it too, and say aloud to the whole world “I am a murderer”. He knelt down in the middle of the square, bowed down to the earth, and kissed that filthy earth with bliss and rapture." (Sonia 488) Sonya wanted Raskonikov to do this because once everyone knows what he has done they will give him either accept that he is ready to be redeemed or give him punishment which will help with his redemption. This is the most crucial aspect of redemption because you can not be forgiven for what you did unless you are forgiven by everyone.
The novel shows us that redemption is extremely hard to achieve and requires very hard leaps and Perseverance to be obtained. This is done throught self realization self forgiveness and public confession. In the novel Raskonikov achieves redemption in the end of the novel while he is serving his time is Siberia. But another major character Svidrigilov does not achieve redemption and instead ends his own life to cope with what he did. The novel shows that through extreme physical and physiological distress that redemption can truly be achieved Raskonikov may have not been the most sane or perfect but man but he did more than most people would be willing to do for
First the man seeking redemption must know what he did was wrong, in the novel Raskonikovs does this when he says " Good God!... can it be, can it be, that I shall really take an axe, …show more content…
In the novel Raskonikov goes to publicity confess but then decided to tell the police instead. "Go to the crossroads, bow down to the people, kiss the earth, for you have sinned against it too, and say aloud to the whole world “I am a murderer”. He knelt down in the middle of the square, bowed down to the earth, and kissed that filthy earth with bliss and rapture." (Sonia 488) Sonya wanted Raskonikov to do this because once everyone knows what he has done they will give him either accept that he is ready to be redeemed or give him punishment which will help with his redemption. This is the most crucial aspect of redemption because you can not be forgiven for what you did unless you are forgiven by everyone.
The novel shows us that redemption is extremely hard to achieve and requires very hard leaps and Perseverance to be obtained. This is done throught self realization self forgiveness and public confession. In the novel Raskonikov achieves redemption in the end of the novel while he is serving his time is Siberia. But another major character Svidrigilov does not achieve redemption and instead ends his own life to cope with what he did. The novel shows that through extreme physical and physiological distress that redemption can truly be achieved Raskonikov may have not been the most sane or perfect but man but he did more than most people would be willing to do for