Punishments

The novel, Crime and Punishment, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky interprets the story of the main character committing a crime, and the phases he went through to plead guilty. The main character, Rodya Raskolnikov, goes through a financial crisis after being fired from his teaching job. He had to find a way to gain money and his solution was to kill Alyona, a pawnbroker, and steal some of her money. After thinking about his idea for a while, Raskolnikov decided to commit the crime and went to…

In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky reveals the psychological story of a murder and the road of guilt and suffering that had to be taken to find salvation. The role of fate in Raskolnikov’s life surrounds his crime and his eventual confession as Raskolnikov feels like another force is compelling him to make his decisions. Rather than take on the accepted definition of fate, Dostoevsky defines fate as the result of Raskolnikov’s hubris in his theory of the extraordinary man versus the ordinary…

Reading Response 3-30 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky was the most challenging book that I have read this year, prose-wise. Dostoevsky tends to go on at great length with his descriptions of Raskolnikov’s thought processes, which tends to lead to great blocks of text that can wear on the eyes after too long. However, I didn’t find the book boring - it was simply laborious to read and had a tone that was a little too nihilistic for me to really be able to get into it. I found that I…

Capital punishment to many is a way one can punish an individual through all of the crime committed in his or her life. The definition of “punishment” has always been a blurry line between the two standpoints. For instance, when dealing with the legal system, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is not in violation of the constitution because the punishment is in balanced with the offense (LII 1992, 1). For this reason, many will argue that Capital punishment does not abridge the 8th…

legal system at this time is corporal and capital punishment. In modern terms, capital punishment is rare and is reserved for the most…

There is a long ongoing discussion about how parents should discipline their children. Some believe that the best way to punish their children is corporal punishment (physical punishment). However, others believe that corporal punishment is harmful physically and mentally for their children. There are better ways to discipline children, whether it be time outs or taking away privileges. Also, in school lunch detention or In-School Suspension are great ways to punish to bring behavior change to…

Stephen Nathanson criticizes the Equal Punishment Principle used to justify the death penalty. He believes that the idea of equal punishment, which is backed by common sense and tradition, has many flaws that need to be considered (Timmons, 2007, pg. 541). Nathanson explains why the Equal Punishment Principle would not work in actual practice and the constructive messages we can send by ridding of the death penalty. The Equal Punishment Principle, adapted from the “an eye for an eye” principle,…

Whether to use physical punishment to discipline your child or not is a personal choice determined many a times by your social and cultural backgrounds. You may not get arrested or sent to jail because you beat your child to stop him from misbehaving. Of course you love him and he loves you too. A tight hug or a sweet kiss will make him forget that you beat him a few minutes ago. Having said that, when it comes to disciplining, physical punishment may not be a good idea. Experts suggest that…

Throughout reading the novel,Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky implies that the city of St. Petersburg is filled with poverty and that the city is not suited for many people. He uses the setting to describe where the characters lie in their society and how it has affected them within that setting. In addition, it gives us the knowledge that setting was a major factor towards the lives of the characters and how they came to be in the novel. The setting signifies the depression in which Dostoevsky…

ways for someone to teach lessons. Learning is a means of validating or changing behaviors so that they fit social norms of what is right and wrong. What or how people learn will impact the decisions they make throughout their life. Learning and punishment can actually affect how likely someone is to develop an addiction. Due to learning being such a fundamental part of development it is important that learning is taken seriously to prevent negative things that can be affected by learning such…