Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A guilty conscience will suffer the consequences of the crime committed. This is illustrated in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The main character, Rodya Raskolnikov, commits murder and then falls apart because of his actions. Not only does he begin to have mental problems, but he falls physically ill as well. However, once Rodya tells a friend what he has done and he gives himself up to the police, he feels much better. Therefore, Dostoevsky wrote this novel to say that actual…

accepted by God yet it is not necessary for God to prevent evil in order to be good. However, he does not dismiss but rather encourages the anger every Christian feels at such atrocities. Hart shapes his argument through the brilliant thoughts of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s in The Brother’s Karamozov, through the character of…

Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment explores the ambiguous nature of such deceptively univocal subjects as what defines law and what constitutes an offenses against it. Thorough his analysis into crime ㅡthrough the lense of its many subjective definitionsㅡ the author aptly examines the many intricacies and relationships between statutory, social, personal and moral law. Dostoevsky's method of examination blurs the objective meaning of ‘crime’ as the concept becomes apparently…

caregivers’ different emotions towards society as a consequence of various economic pressures. This can be seen in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, as Sofia Semionovna, also known as Sonya, is described as a “...the daughter who sold herself for the sake of a bad-tempered and consumptive stepmother, for the sake of someone’s little children.”(Dostoyevsky 1.2.20) Sonya had been driven to become a prostitute to help support her family, as her father has fallen into an alcoholic state,…

There are many themes and motifs throughout Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. Perhaps the most prevalent is the theme of transgression followed by redemption. Raskolnikov seeks redemption after committing the murders in distinct ways. He turns to good deeds, religion, and and moral justification to try and receive the regeneration that can come after wrongdoing. Redemption, however, is not easy to achieve. It is something that takes time and work, and we can see Raskolnikov going…

of a group of people, begins to shape a person from the second that they are born on to the rest of their life. Customs can affect how a child is raised, which in turn affects their thoughts and actions. In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky the main character, Raskolnikov, is pushed to commit a murder due to his beliefs on power and class. The strict class and power based Russian society directly affected Raskolnikov’s psychological and moral traits. The Russian society at…

Literature in Isolation in Notes from Underground Literature in Notes from Underground is a prominent theme that controls the nameless character. He is an extremely well read man who lives life through books and his imagination. For him, literature is an alternative for a life he cannot or will not live. As a practice that is solitary in nature, reading isolates him from experience. He has a preconceived notion of life that has nothing to do with any life experiences. These conceptions are a…

The Sinful Martyr: Sonia’s role as a religious figure in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment From Rodion Raskolnikov’s psychological struggles to the turmoil of the socio-political influences exerted on Russia by the Eastern and Western world, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment deals with dualities of many natures. Religion, a prominent motif in the text, also has duality, as portrayed through Sonia Marmeladov. Through Sonia’s characterization as a religious figure, her actions and…

In the brother’s Karamazov, Ivan’s Inability to analyze his own actions ultimately leads to his insanity, in contrast to Alyosha who is a reflective person able to show more compassion for people. The idea that those who are better able to reflect on their actions show better ability to make wise choices is a common theme in the brothers Karamazov, and can specifically be seen between Alyosha and Ivan, who both differ ideologically in their beliefs about god and humanity. Ivan is an atheist…

The book I chose was Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. There were multiple themes in this story, but the one I felt that was shown the strongest was alienation. Additionally, I feel like there two characters that I couldn’t directly connect with, but in a way, I was able to sympathize or understand why they did what they did. Those two characters are Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov. In the beginning of the story, Raskolnikov’s pride isolates him from society. He views himself as better…