Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In our reality, storms are violent, turbulent and windy collections of forceful power. In writing, they are a strong and substantial metaphor for a feeling or situation with all the destructing and dominant force of a storm. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” there are many different aspects of stormy weather packed into the novel, each one specifically expressing something explicit to its subject. These stormy metaphors and similes show that Dostoevsky shows the somber chaotic…

the early 19th century. The ideas to existentialism emphasize on human beings existing, having the freedom and a choice in life matters. The philosophers who were the creators of this movement were Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. During World War II (WWII) the existentialism became increasingly protuberant. It was during this time that philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre came into existence. Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris, France in 1905. During his younger…

When Russian literature is mentioned, the two giants Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky overshadow the majority of other writers. However, it is not the case for Anton Chekhov. Chekhov emerged into the scene during the 19th century, the same time as Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. As a short-stories writer and dramatist, Chekhov made a mark for himself, as he is “the only other one to make much of an impression abroad.” (Brians) Chekhov wrote during the early 1900s, when Russia saw “the rise of the…

Most people were not actually invited to the party in the first place as you see in the quote on page 41 "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been requested to attend the party. People were not invited they went there.” The narrator, or Nick Carraway in this case, speculates about how almost no one is actually invited to Gatsby’s superb parties they just show up because they think that if they show up they will seem high class…

As a character, Ivan Karamazov is the rational voice inside of all people. He may have his misgivings, but he strives to be superior to the other members of his family. He is not reckless like Dmitri, nor is he a spiritual idealistic. Rather, he strives to be the judge of his own actions and stand on the pulpit of righteous at the same time. Ivan rejects all higher orders, and instead sets up the individual man as the sole judge of what is right and wrong, independent of any system of religious…

Entering into Lebanon Correctional last Wednesday, I had expectations and prejudgments of the inmates that I prepared for myself mentally. With Lebanon Correctional being a third level prison, the exterior of the facility has barbed fencing and security, housing various criminals who have committed felonies. Before meeting the inmates, I expected them to be of the stereotypical dramatization that is portrayed in the media: intimidating, cold, threatening, possibly even sociopathic. With the list…

Research on Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was a very important figure in American History of Child Development. He was known for his theory about the conscious and preconscious mind. “Freud didn’t really invent the idea of the conscious versus unconscious mind, but he certainly was responsible for making it popular.” The conscious mind is pretty much self-explanatory, the conscious mind is what you are aware of at any moment (examples: fantasies, feelings, memories, present perceptions,…

In the “Notes From the Underground”, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Underground Man suffers from repetition compulsion. Repetition compulsion is a concept developed by Sigmund Freud; it is where the victims of a traumatic experience are unable to progress mentally and compulsively repeat actions to release similar sensations to that of the trauma. (Van Der Kolk,389) There has been limited research done in the field of repetition compulsion over the past 70 years; but it has been noted as an…

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is the story of Rodion Raskolnikov and his suffering. The book starts off in Petersburg, Russia. Raskolnikov is a college dropout, who is obsessed by his Great Man Theory. In this theory, great men rule the world. They are able to go around the laws, for the bettering of humanity. Raskolnikov wants to fit into his own theory. He wants desperately to be a great man. To test his theory, he kills a cheating pawnbroker. The realization of what he…

No one truly understand the meaning to why we dream. Some researchers believe that dreams are random and meaningless activities of the brain. While others believe its necessary for people’s mental and emotional health. The most known well dream theory is one that is constructed by Sigmund Freud. The foundation of Freud’s theory lies on the idea that dreaming allows people to fulfill the desires that they are not able to express in the real world. Dreams permits the unconscious mind to play…