... Punishment to develop plot and advance the complexity of his characters. Characters respond differently to the effects of suffering in his novel. Only through major complications and unwise decisions does Dostoevsky illuminate the protagonist, Raskolnikov, which suffering has the greatest effect upon. The effect of suffering can be seen through all major characters throughout the novel. These characters react to ... . As one can see, afflictions cause these characters to behave outside of the expected realm of normalcy thereby changing the lives of themselves and the lives of those arou...

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... based on his desire not have people get hurt or killed, his goals would most likely not be met. In the same way, Raskolnikov, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, tries to do what he knows to be logical and ignores his emotions, throwing away his own morals for the sake of a ... faces many hardships. Thoughts about the strangers he meets, the people close to him, and himself, in particular, illustrate his struggle most clearly, and demonstrate Dostoevsky's idea that people sometimes cling to logic to avoid their true feelings. From the reactions that Raskolnikov takes upon ...

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