Crime and Punishment

By the end of Dostoyesky’s Crime and Punishment, the reader is no longer under the illusion of the possible existence of “extraordinary� men. For an open-minded reader, and even perhaps the closed-minded ones too, the book is a journey through Raskolnikov’s proposed theory on crime. It is a theory based on the ideas that had “been printed and read a thousand times”(313) by both Hegel and Nietzsche. Hegel, a German philosopher, influenced Dostoyesky with his utilitarian emphasis on the ends rather than the means whereby a superman existed as one that stood above the ordinary man, but worked for the benefit of all mankind. Nietsche’s more selfish philosophy focused on the rights to power which allowed one to act in a Hegelian manner. In committing his crime, Raskolnikov experienced the ultimate punishment as he realized that his existence was not that of the “extraordinary� man presented in his theory. In chapter five of part three in Crime and Punishment, this theory is outlined by its creator, Raskolnikov. Such an innovative theory would clearly have placed him in the “extraordinary� cate



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After his confession, Raskolnikov experienced the physical punishments for his actions; however, far more painstaking was his previous punishment as he suffered the loss of a conscience battle upon the self realization that he was after all just an “ordinary man” or that, even worse so, if he was indeed an “extraordinary” one, that his theory had been an invalid waste of time. In a subconscious effort to protect his lifelong work, he confessed, thus admitting to ordinariness, yet preserving the credibility of his theory.

Dostoevsky’s irony lays within Raskolnikov’s apparent lack of guilt for Lizaveta’s murder. He seldom thinks of her murder, but is consumed by the culpable thoughts of having killed Alyona. The ironic aspect is that he had intended to kill Alyona and murdering her would have been justifiable according to his theory considering that she was thought to be foul, sinful, and bitter. Lizaveta on he other hand was a kind, warm, and loving character causing no harm to the world. Raskolnikov’s sympathy towards Aylona rather than Lizaveta reflects his own evil nature in

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Raskolnikov, Crime And Punishment, Murder, Confession, Capital Punishment, Scientific Method, Truth, The Reader, Philosophy Of Science, A German Philosopher,

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