Fyodor Dostoyevsky characters

Upon the release of the serfs, many flooded into cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg for a new start. Due to the influx of unpredicted people, the cities were ill adjusted. It was a horrific environment that created many problems. Similarly, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov wanders around the toxic St. Petersburg taking in all of the awful things the city has to offer him. He is isolated and upset with the lack of morals in the city. He decides to take justice into his…

Freudian Analysis of Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment displays characters in a setting of poverty, many of which forfeit different aspects of their personality in order to survive. One of the characters featured within the book, Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov, or Sonia, is a young girl who lives separately from her family for social reasons. She takes up financial responsibility for the survival of her younger siblings, her ill mother, and her alcoholic…

Development of Guilt in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment Ideally, when committing a felony, the criminals main concern is not getting caught. In Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, the poverty-stricken, ill man Raskolnikov proves otherwise; it is not the punishment that provokes fear, it is the guilt and psychological instability that will drive the convict to insanity. Set in the late eighteenth century in St. Petersburg, Russia, Raskolnikov is faced with the dilemma of whether or not…

In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov, the protagonist, is an outstanding example of a morally ambiguous character. In order for a character to be considered purely evil, the character must be acting out of complete aggression and anger; on the contrary, in order for a character to be considered purely moral, the character must constantly perform actions that not only aid him/her self, but also aid his/her external surroundings. Hence, it would be just to state that…

In Fyoder Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment, many characters deal with internal conflict causing them to commit large and small crimes. Dostoevsky introduces a variety of characters, each of which has their own value that they contribute to the book’s theme. Each character has his or her own opinion which crimes are necessary and what deeds are evil. Some characters need to commit crimes just so they can survive in this harsh world, while others commit crimes because they think it will…

The protagonist, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, in Fyodor Dostoyevsky 's Crime and Punishment is a young ex-student living penniless in St.Petersburg. He lives in a tiny rented room, but is indebted to his landlord due to his low financial status. From the start of the book Dostoevsky paints a clear image of Raskolnikov. For example, on page eight it says “he even knew how many paces he had to take in order to reach the front entrance of his tenement; seven hundred and thirty paces exactly” (8)…

In Crime and Punishment, women in Russia were not the equivalent of men and had stereotype gender roles that they had to play out. The women in the novel represented both western and Slovak ideas. Sonya and Dunya were very traditional whereas Alyona and Katerina represented western ideas. There is a huge turmoil in the novel between westernization and traditional roles which the women were recognized for. Dostoevsky illustrates Sonya and Dunya as self sacrificing women, who give up either…

Dostoevsky's Formulation of the Problem of Suffering “That's rebellion” is Alyosha's response to his brother Ivan's solution of the problem of suffering in the world (Dostoevsky 16). What other response could be expected from a devout follower of the “word”? Yet, it is intriguing the Alyosha's response is, as Dostoevsky explains it, “murmured” while “looking down” (Dostoevsky 16). Perhaps this is a literary “tell” or a purposefully inserted reaction that Dostoevsky thinks is an appropriate…

In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky uses the motif of delirium to convey the psychological torture of Raskolnikov’s commission of the crime. The novel’s approach in addressing crime and punishment is not what one would usually expect. Alyona’s murder took place in Part One and his punishment is decided in the Epilogue. The center of attention is not the beginning or the end, but what takes place in between those two endpoints. It is there where Raskolnikov’s inner world is explored and his…

In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov’s sense of guilt serves as his primary motivation for finally confessing and serving his punishment. After murdering Alyona the pawnbroker and Lizaveta, Raskolnikov hides from the law, trying his best to avoid punishment. He would have been successful if not for his sense of guilt. Porfiry figures out Raskolnikov is the murderer because Raskolnikov “went to rent the apartment… and asking about blood… because [he is] sick of these stupidities and…