... example, Raskolnikov plans every detail leading to the murder of the old pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna. However, he becomes troubled by these homicidal thoughts, referring to them as loathsome and atrocious (Dostoevsky, p. 8). Raskolnikov seems to completely abandon thoughts of killing the pawnbroker after dreaming of watching a mare brutally beaten to death, as a child. Soon after, Raskolnikov's murderous plans are revived when he ... for anyone else or money. He then, comes to the realization that in killing the pawnbroker, he has destroyed himself: "I murdered myself, not her! I crushe...

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