Pawnbroker

religion is strong with many characters but is seldom with others. The main protagonist, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, breaks one of the Ten Commandments, “shall not murder,” within the first few chapters. Raskolnikov is troubled and angry with his pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna, as he believes that she has continually cheated him out of his money, and he was determined to get acquire revenge for himself and others she has done wrong. Following his hostile actions, biblical references reoccur,…

should listen to him then if he can pull of the crime properly. His theory is that he can commit a deadly crime in killing an pawnbroker who he at first tried to steal from and if he could kill her and deal with the guilt he had properly, he will be more superior than the average man. His theory is called the superior man theory, and in this theory he attempts to kill a pawnbroker and does so but is unable to deal with the guilt that comes along with it ending with him turning himself in towards…

Tania Martinez March 5, 2015 Psychology Mr. Hays Crime and Punishment Psychological profile Crime and Punishment is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment is known to be Russian literature. He published this novel in 1866 while he was in Europe in 1865. Perhaps his finest novel, Crime and Punishment originated as a lengthy short story that dealt with, as Dostoyevsky himself stated, “The psychological account of a crime.”(Dostoyevsky,ix) He wrote Crime and Punishment in…

mostly on food and alcohol. “’Me and my cousins here are going to be drinking eighty shots. How many is that apiece?’” (Alexie 18). The pawnbroker was kind from the very beginning and was very compelling to Jackson Jackson when he heard his story. It was predictable that Jackson Jackson was going to recover the regalia at the end because of the kindness of the pawnbroker. The plot was linear as we were able to follow Jackson Jackson on his mission through the timestamps. The timestamps gave us…

ostoyevsky’s style gives the reader a full psycho analysis of Raskolnikov, as the reader sees what no one else around him in his world can. From their perspective all they see are his actions, as he is a man of few words, and can’t see the growth from one thought process to another. Raskolnikov is too complex to just be seen as an egotistical sociopath who commits murder. Dostoyevsky begins the novel with most of the first chapter revolving just around an unknown man and him struggling mightily…

seemed to be as well. Raskolnikovs’ life was utterly boring; he dropped out of school, was constantly alone, and feared people. He had no excitement in his life whatsoever. Due to his lack of company and excitement in life, Raskolnikov kills his pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanova and her sister, Lizaveta because it gives him a rush. Throughout the novel his thrill is made evident, whether it is before, during, or after he committed the crime. Eventually, his thrill for murder transforms…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian author who is known for writing Crime and Punishment. His family and experiences are shown greatly in his literature. He had a troubled past and that changes how he writes all of his novels and short stories Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow, Russia in 1821 and his father was a former army surgeon which explains why Fyodor Dostoyesky makes death and poverty a key element in his literature. His father was later murdered by his own surfs which caused Dostoyevsky’s…

From "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Doyle is a short story of Sherlock Holmes investigates a case about the Red-Headed League. The story starts out with a man name Jabez Wilson a pawnbroker comes to Holmes for help about his previous job with the Red-Headed League. Wilson lives with his young assistance name Vincent Spaulding that introduced him to the job with the only requirement is to have red hair. After gotten the job Wilson had to report to Mr. Duncan Ross each day at the Red-Headed…

Dream a Little Dream “Sigmund Freud believed that nothing you do occurs by chance; every action and thought is motivated by your unconscious at some level. In order to live in a civilized society, you have a tendency to hold back our urges and repress our impulses” (Dream Moods). All throughout the novel, Raskolnikov’s encounters a series of dreams that are heavily demonstrated by the Psychoanalytic Theory. In this theory, Freud constructs three main parts that include the id, ego, and superego…

after Rodya kills an old pawnbroker and her sister, his own mother and sister come to St. Petersburg, and Raskolnikov is halfway through a frustrating and hesitant dialogue with them when he realizes that his relationship with them, as well as with the rest of the world, including…