... into a middle ground. At the end of Raskolnikov's conversation with Porfiry he comments that this revolutionary cycle will continue until the New Jerusalem (Dostoyevsk! y 314). This reference to a Utopian socialist paradise stresses Raskolnikov's liberal interest in communism. Communism is the complete antithesis to the czarist regime the conservative author hoped to preserve. Raskolnikov's radical theory fails him. As the book progresses ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate