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…deeds. Playing on man's perverse fascination, Doestoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment, makes the reader care for the main character, Raskolnikov, through his mortal torment and charitable acts. First, the reader gains sympathy for Raskolnikov as he…

…“Raskolnikov, Why’d you do it?” The character Raskolnikov in the novel Crime and Punishment is among one of the most realistic and believable characters I have ever read about. He is also the most confusing and distraught man I have been introduced…

…Sonya’s affect on Raskolnikov Sonya, throughout the story had a great affect on Raskolnikov’s changes. In the novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyoder Dostoevsky, this can be seen from all the things Sonya had done for Raskolnikov and what affect the cold…

…Complexity of a character In many novels, the complexity of a character is often described within the first few chapters. In the novel, Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the author takes the first few pages to discuss the main character…

…Making the Punishment Fit the Crime Case 1- I think that Jane Carson is somewhat of a threat to those around her. She isn’t quite fit to live in society since society has not really accepted her. She has obvious social problems and needs…

…Crime and Punishment By: Tom Burke E-mail: happyhoser@hotmail.com In the novel Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky portrays the main character, Raskolnikov, in a complex and unique fashion. He could have been portrayed as the good guy, bad guy…

…In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky gives the reader an inside look to the value system that he holds for himself, as well as the type of characteristics that he abhors in people as well as the characteristics that he admires in people. He uses…

…In the novel Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky portrays the main character, Raskolnikov, in a complex and unique fashion. He could have been portrayed as the good guy, bad guy, or just your average man on the street, but Raskolnikov is displayed with more…

…that consumes them every second they live with their burden. The devastating effects of guilt are portrayed vividly in Dostoevsky's fictional but all to real novel Crime and Punishment. In the story, the main character Raskolnikov commits a murder and suffers…

…Schism In Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the main character, Raskolnikov, goes through troubling times after making a cruel act of injustice. He suffers mental anxiety for what he has done, that leads to physical problems, all the while being torn…