ipl-logo

Crime And Punishment Analysis

1046 Words5 Pages

There are multiple times in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that Raskolnikov’s mentality towards his actions change drastically. Although the ending of Crime and Punishment may suggest that Raskolnikov has a chance at redemption, his mental state is far too inconsistent to come to this conclusion. In one chapter, Raskolnikov is remorseful and deeply regrets his actions, even telling himself that he will confess, but in another, he acts as if he never even committed the crime and he believes that there is no chance of him ever being caught for his wrongdoings. Raskolnikov’s first attitude towards what he has done is shown immediately after he murders Aliona and Lizaveta. After Raskolnikov commits the crime, he is in utter shock that he was actually able to go through with his intended actions. He …show more content…

At first, he is very concerned that the police will eventually find out that he was the person who actually killed Aliona and Lizaveta, but this fear was momentary. “‘It’s all double-edged. Now everything is double-edged.’ Raskolnikov repeated, and he left the room more boldly than he had at any time before” (349). This quote refers to when Raskolnikov realizes that the only evidence Porfiry has against him is his intuition, rather than hard evidence such as the murder weapon or the items Raskolnikov stole from the crime scene. The mentioning of his boldness as he walked out of his room truly emphasizes how he is more confident than he ever has been that he has no chance of being found guilty for his horrendous crime. It is as if he erases it from his memory and acts like it never even occurred. Raskolnikov’s mentality towards his actions radically changes between right after the crime was committed and after Nikolay confesses to the murders. His inconsistency of opinion is also shown greatly in the epilogue of Crime and

Show More
Related

  • Motives For Raskolnikov's Crimes

    1478 Words  | 6 Pages

    One may argue that Raskolnikov’s motive for the murders are due to him being a Napoleon figure, which he wrote about in a journal article and made reference to to Sonya (Dostoyevsky 389), where he feels he must test himself to see if he really is exceptional. However, after telling Sonya this, he quickly retracts his statement, saying it was “all rubbish; little more than empty talk!” (390). This confession and then retraction continues for the entirety of their conversation. He first tries to blame his actions on greed, becoming irritated when Sonya won’t believe it is that simple (386).

    Read More

  • The Crucible Guilt

    336 Words  | 2 Pages

    Raskolnikov 's first attempt was telling Zametov. Yet once Raskolnikov remembers the implications of this action, he claims his accurate confession was a hypothetical situation. This also occurs when Raskolnikov tries to tell Sonya, he says “But if I come tomorrow, I’ll tell you who killed Lizaveta. Good-bye!” (Dostoevsky

    Read More

  • The Role Of Terror In Joseph Stalin's Blood Purges

    656 Words  | 3 Pages

    Survivors of these tragic times are forced to remember the pain and suffering caused by one man’s paranoia. Along with that, hundreds of thousands of lives were lost, and many families will never be the same again. Also, the purges caused skepticism about the government’s actions among Russian citizens. This will have a negative effect, because the citizens can not trust the government, and have fear towards it. These series of unfortunate events, will forever be remembered as a tragic time in Russian

    Read More

  • Guilt In Dostoyevsky's Crime

    1045 Words  | 5 Pages

    Before he had isolated himself by choice, but now it’s as if he doesn’t have an option anymore. Raskolnikov has done something so wrong that he no longer feels like a member of humanity, which is why he specifies a “human word”. Raskolnikov’s guilt comes from the need to rejoin society. That is why his guilt fluctuates so much, but becomes much worse when his rationale for the murder is put into question. In part 3 chapter 6, Raskolnikov has a dream, in which he tries to kill Alyona but fails and she laughs at him.

    Read More

  • The Great Purges In Arthur Koestler's Darkness At Noon

    1534 Words  | 7 Pages

    The main character of this book is a 50 year old Bolshevik who was “a number of men who were the victims of the so called Moscow trials”. His name is Nicholas Samanovitch Rubashov. Other important characters of this book are Ivanov who was the commander from the civil war and old friend of Rubashov and Gletkin who was a young man who had new

    Read More

  • Incarceration In Prison Analysis

    369 Words  | 2 Pages

    Incarceration does not only affect those that are in prison but also the families and communities the prisoners are from. When it comes to visitation at San Quentin, Megan Comfort argues that visitors are treated as criminals because of the control they have to go through before visiting. Visitors mostly comprised of women. Most of the time, these women were forced to learn the hard way of visitation on their own. In some ways it seems as though the COs know they have control over these women and their time, so they cross boundaries such as, sexualizing their outfits and taking away their personal belongings.

    Read More

  • Why Is Petrovich Not Likeable

    293 Words  | 2 Pages

    Peter Petrovich, the fiancé of Raskolnikov’s sister, first meets Raskolnikov when Raskolnikov is ill in his apartment. Raskolnikov’s preconceived dislike towards Petrovich conveys the idea that Petrovich is not likeable. A reader could understand why Raskolnikov and Petrovich would not work well together; Petrovich carries himself well and is confident in himself while Raskolnikov has a lot of self-doubt and avoids socialization. Whether or not Petrovich is an enjoyable person, his thoughts about self-importance and self-love are easily extendable to outside the world of Crime and Punishment.

    Read More

  • Tolstoy Death Of Ivan Ilych Analysis

    695 Words  | 3 Pages

    Tolstoy’s ability to interweave the environment with themes of materialism and death makes The Death of Ivan Ilych stand out as a piece that criticizes societal values. In his article “Tolstoy and the Moran Instructions of Death,” Dennis Sansom focuses on the influence of fighting chaos in Ivan’s eventual acceptance of his own death. Socrates wrote, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” and Ivan’s life mirrored this until the end (qtd. in Sansom 417) .

    Read More

  • Theme Of Detail In The Death Of Ivan Ilyich

    712 Words  | 3 Pages

    While lying on the couch, awaiting his impending death, Ilyich relives his past while suffering from the pain and agony of his fatal wound, and sees himself as a little kid, remembering all the details he had ever come across. Before he breathes his last breath, Ivan Ilyich, from the bottom of his heart, realizes that he has not been the father, son, or husband he should have been, and he tells his family to forgive him for all of the pain and suffering he has caused

    Read More

  • Violence In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime

    931 Words  | 4 Pages

    Raskolnikov 's act of violence is what causes him to go insane, impacts the lives of the people around him, and finally violence is Raskolnikov’s way of proving himself as an above-average individual. Dostoyevsky used violence to change the course of not only Raskolnikov’s life but also the lives of the people around him. The story shows how one man 's image of himself as a higher being can cause him to commit violent acts, which impact everyone around

    Read More

  • Native American Boarding Schools 101

    1476 Words  | 6 Pages

    “What he came for, specifically is to snatch sergei’s fish, to steal it away . Before the mind of Sergei Goralick really understands what it is his body has done, he seems to have taken the burner off of the stove and hit the boy in the head.” () This statement alludes to us that he is not a patient person. He judges automatically thinking that he knows what he is gonna do but in that case, he is incorrect.

    Read More

  • Space In Crime And Punishment

    951 Words  | 4 Pages

    Dostoevsky repeatedly refers to Raskolnikov’s apartment as a closet or other such small enclosure. As others learn of his crime, and guilt closes in on Raskolnikov’s conscience, his dwelling shrinks in proportion. For example, after Dunya receives a letter from Svidrigailov, Raskolnikov becomes paranoid that she

    Read More

  • Liminality In Crime And Punishment

    1091 Words  | 5 Pages

    While he originally perceives himself as incapable of murder, after crossing the bridge he enters a mindset in which destiny has brought him to do so. Here, Dostoyevsky utilizes the bridge imagery as a liminal space where Rodya scrutinizes himself and his

    Read More

  • Crime And Punishment Quotes With Page Numbers

    1588 Words  | 7 Pages

    all that well yet and any judgment I have starting at now would be arrogant. I do realize that if that was the situation, he would have felt his activity was supported (in any case, once more, not really virtuous). Raskolnikov imagined that he was bound to kill Alyona by discovering purpose for happenstances like helpfully finding a hatchet in the shed while on his approach to kill her. Before the murder, he trusts this fills in as his method for clearing his cognizant and maintaining a strategic distance from duty regarding the wrongdoing (in this manner exonerating all blame). So while I can just hypothesize with respect to regardless of

    Read More

  • St. Petersburg In Crime And Punishment

    1052 Words  | 5 Pages

    Raskolnikov’s accumulating debt owed to his landlord prevents him from moving outside of Saint Petersburg and causes massive emotional damage. Each time he leaves his apartment, he fears seeing his landlady, The stress and anxiety arising from the debt he owes to his landlord causes him to become unruly and he had, “fallen into a state of nervous depression akin to hypochondria,” feeding into his detachment from society. Not only does Raskolnikov’s living situation seem grim, but his room itself furthers his emotional detachment from society. Raskolnikov’s room allows him to dehumanize himself.

    Read More

More about Crime And Punishment Analysis

Open Document