... , guilt, superiority, and alienation all have in common? They all are pawns that play much bigger roles by coming together to form the themes behind Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. All these things and more are the backing for the different themes encompassed in the book. One such theme is that of superiority. Superiority is the trigger for the rest ... ...

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... best for the common good? There is no answer to this question however, every person is different, and every mind is unlike any other mind in the world. In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment the main character, Raskolnikov, has to deal with this situation after committing the worst crime imaginable: murder. A desperate young Raskolnikov, poor and starving, plans the perfect crime ... ...

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