Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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…

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…

Britain from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. In Russia, Fyodor Dostoyevsky used his main character in the novel Crime and Punishment (1866) to explore the psychology of the tsar Nicholas I. The novel Crime and Punishment reflects Dostoyevsky's life experiences of the events happening in Russia. The main character in the book, Raskolnikov, experiences psychological guilt, due to his identity as a murderer, in the way that I think Dostoyevsky imagines Nicholas I did. It think it refers to…

the positivity of Christian faith, mirror the common beliefs of nineteenth century Russia and his reactions mirror how citizens of the time responded to the changes in societal beliefs. More specifically, the author of Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, develops the character Raskolnikov in order to display the hardships and conflicting emotions of his own life and to criticize the common ideas of the time. In the beginning of Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov thoroughly embraces the…

Dostoyevsky sustains suspense throughout the novel by leading his audience to believe that Roskolnikov is going to confess what he has done and turn himself in. He also has a habit of making abrupt transitions between scenes, mindsets, actions. There are also other parts of the book that keep the readers on the edge. For example, it is not clear to the reader what dark action Roskolnikov plans on doing. Dostoyevsky’s use of diction and detail captures the attention of the reader keeping them…

Once Smerdyakov murders Fyodor due to Ivan’s theory that God, therefore, good nor evil exist, Ivan is burdened by the struggle to reconcile his influence, therefore, the guilt of the murder. The reality of disturbance in Ivan’s inert moral being seems impossible for an often intellectually cold individual. While much of Ivan’s ideology and practice derive from his education, therefore environmental influence rather than natural character, however, one’s natural inclination for education and…

In the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Notes from the underground” and LU XUN’S “Diary of a madman,” the idea of an unreliable narrator is deeply imbedded to make the reader deliberate twice of the situation at hand. In both writings, there are characters whose credibility has been seriously compromised. However, the characters in both writing differ in their levels of credibility and verge of insanity. Furthermore, both authors allude to the many social problems relevant in their society and…