Crime and Punishment

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment the protagonist is a murderer. There is no other way to put it. Raskolnikov, the protagonist, still manages to come across as likeable. Dostoyevsky is able to manipulate the reader to root for Raskolnikov throughout the book. The very first description of Raskolnikov depicts him as depressed and poverty stricken. “For some time though, he had been tense and irritable, in a state resembling depression” (13). One of the first lines of description gives…

Criminal justice and crime have both been theorised in various different methods. These various methods include crime and punishment, the theory of inspection and surveillance, criminal typing and the theory of the normal and pathological. One method where crime and criminal justice has been theorised is through the theory of crime and punishment. One of the most significant theorists being Cesare Baccaria (1764). Baccaria was a leading theorist in what is known as the Classical School and he…

Sarah's post about how The female characters in Crime and Punishment are the backbones of the other characters, emphasizes the strength of Katerina and Sonia. I agree that the book definitely displays these characters as strong and independant, even more so than some of the male characters. I think that how the male characters percieve these female characters is necessary to get this point across. For example, between 386 and 394, Luzhin blames Sonia for stealing money from him when in reality…

Muhlhausen, David. "The Death Penalty Deters Crime." The Death Penalty. Ed. Jenny Cromie and Lynn M. Zott. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "The Death Penalty Deters Crime and Saves Lives." 2007. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2015. According to this article, research done by people show that having the death penalty saves lives. A poll was made where people voted for or against the death penalty in cases where people were convicted of murder, and the…

Statement Juvenile Crime Punishment (by Ashley Palacios) The age factor should not be a pivotal issue when it comes to crime, especially the committed crimes that carry such of caliber. The concession to offer lesser sentences for juveniles on the same crimes that are committed by adults, will present a loophole in the justice process. From time to time, the crimes conducted by juveniles even more heinous than average adult law offenders’ crimes. Knowing the fact that some crimes committed…

what he has done, a guilt which pushes him towards confession. The illness he feels has no cure, and as a final step in the direction of ordinary people, he denies deciding his own future. Another novel concentrated on the same themes as Crime and Punishment is Perfume, by Patrick Suskind. Set in the 18th century, the novel follows the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. Born in the outskirts of Paris, Grenouille develops the necessary assets to survive. He changes orphanages and jobs,…

Crime and Punishment: Does Punishment work suggest that punishment plays an important role in molding and shaping the behavior of individuals. This includes children, pupils, employees in the workplace, and regular people in our society. Society is divided between the justifications for the use of punishment for any given reason. Parents that use punishment as a tool in the rearing of children are looked upon as a negative concept. Using punishment as a source of disciple has been an issue for…

ideas that influence literature and in the case of the novel Crime and Punishment it is intellectual ideas that influences the author Fyodor Dostoevsky and the work itself. In Crime and Punishment the author draws out influence from sources such as poverty, the Bible and Nihilism. And these intellectual ideas and the physical condition affect the characters, the plot and many other aspects of the novel. In the novel Crime and Punishment, the Bible influenced the author to create characters that…

Throughout the course of human history, the judgement of one person ultimately meets the justice that is deserved, whether the consequence is good or bad. In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the main character is put in situations that require judgement on his behalf and the judgement of others. Dostoevsky proves his point through the use of the elements of judgement, justice, and exile. To begin, judgement is used to decide fate, whether it becomes a positive or negative…

Crime and Punishment shares the story of how internal conflicts can shape the an individual’s values and priorities, especially when the torment they’ve endured has been lengthy and emotionally consuming. Self-inflicted punishment from guilt and remorse at some point corners characters into finding a way out; a form of salvation and redemption, for they come to realize the magnitude of their crime. Dostoevsky reveals that psychological torment leads an individual to seek forgiveness and…