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An Analysis of Authorial Opinion in Crime and Punishment, a Novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2720 words, 9 pages)

Since 1998, the boxing ring that is American broadcast television has been ruled by one uncontested heavyweight champion. For the past fifteen years, audiences both young and old have been enthralled by the 178 episodes of the most heavily-syndicated comedy of all time, the Muhammad Ali of early evening programming, ... Read More

An Analysis of Raskolnikov as the Modern Day Robin Hood in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (554 words, 2 pages)

Dostoevskys main character Raskolnikov's reasoning behind his brutal murder of Alyona Ivanova and her sister details the philosophies of the time in which the ends does justify the means. Raskolnikov prepared to kill Alyona so that he could give the money she possessed to those in greater need. This philosophy ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of the Lack of Free Will in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment (1684 words, 6 pages)

Fate, predestination,and the idea that we are not fully in control of what we are doing and what is going on around us intimidates many people because it means that we do not have free will or control over our own minds. Yet we never really feel like we are ... Read More

A Comparison of the Crimes in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Stranger by Albert Camus (814 words, 2 pages)

The punishment for great crime depends a lot on who you were before the crime, who you are after, and who is judging you for the crime. Both Todor Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment and Albert Camuss The Stranger end with a jury trial for murder committed by the main character. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (904 words, 2 pages)

Analysis of Dostoyevskys Crime and PunishmentIn the novel Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky presents Raskolnikov as a morally ambiguous double axe murderer to prove that the idea of an bermensch is flawed and proves that the only way to overcome this destructive belief is through redemption by reconnecting with society.Raskolnikovs murder ... Read More

The Dismal Society that Traps Russians in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (645 words, 4 pages)

Looming within each person, an internal debate constantly occurs between two extremes one extreme of rational reasoning and another of irrational emotions. Although a persons attitude might favor a specific extreme at certain times, the two sides tend to negate each other, thus maintaining balance and moderation in peoples demeanor ... Read More

An Analysis of the Investigation in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (625 words, 2 pages)

Crime and Punishment An Analysis of the Investigation of the Mystery of RaskolnikovIn Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov needs to find a way to evade the authorities because of a murder he commits. Unlike the typical mystery novel, this story does not follow the archetypal structure of solving a ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Razumihin from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (803 words, 4 pages)

Crime and Punishment Essay Razumihin AnalysisWithin all literature, character serve essential roles in not only furthering the plot, but expressing the authors personal views and beliefs. One major character in Fyoder Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment, Dmitri Prokoftich Razumihin, successfully fills this role. His personality and the development of his character ... Read More

The Protagonist in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (965 words, 2 pages)

The Extraordinary Man Are there extraordinary people who can morally work outside social norms? Raskolnikov, the protagonist of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, believes so. Not that extraordinary people absolutely must and are duty bound at all times to do all sorts of excess, but that ....an extraordinary man ... Read More

The Influence of the Environment on the Profession of Sonia in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (686 words, 2 pages)

One of the character in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky who is influenced by their environment is Sonia. Sonia is a prostitute who is frowned upon by the people around her as she is forced to wear the yellow ticket, symbolizing her moral sins. Sonia becomes a prostitute to ... Read More

Conservatism and Anti-Westernism in the Novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1379 words, 6 pages)

Raskolnik Dostoevsky's split from Russian Westernism Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in a period of confusion atime when Russia was trying to seek its place in the world. During thisperiod, two groups feuded over the course which Russia should take, theWesternizers and the Slavophils. The Westernizers considered Russia asbackward and ... Read More

The Motives of Raskolnikov in the Novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (447 words, 2 pages)

Crime and Punishment Essay Defending Raskolnikovs MotivesRaskolnikov, a handsome, yet poor man, seems somewhat depressed. He rarely goes out into the public and can barely pay rent on his ugly and low-quality apartment. To pay his rent, he usually sells items to the local pawnbroker in order to make any ... Read More

An Analysis of the Moral and Social Aspects of the Characters in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (772 words, 3 pages)

In Dosteveskys Crime and Punishment, he choses to give each of his characters a unique relationship with society friends, family, acquaintances, and the general public. Whether they alienate themselves like Raskolnikov, are outcasts out of necessity for work like Sonya, or because of extreme poverty like Katerina, they are all ... Read More

The Importance of Being Guided and Influence by Other People in Literary Works Crime and Punishment, King Lear and Inferno (2340 words, 9 pages)

Immanuel Kant, a well-known German philosopher and enlightenment thinker, once said, Immaturity is the incapacity to use ones intelligence without the guidance of another (Kant). In other words, one is immature with guidance and he should use his own intelligence to advance. Kant would agree that I was immature in ... Read More

The Character Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky (658 words, 3 pages)

In Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment, the main character, Raskolnikov is a complex character. Throughout the book it is evident that he has many different personality traits that are not only diverse but completely opposite. In fact the translation of his name means schismatic or divided. His personality is divided and ... Read More

The Different Styles and Devices to Portray the Life in St. Petersburg in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1953 words, 7 pages)

In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky uses a multitude of stylesand devices to ensnare the reader in his literary snapshot of life in St.Petersburg during the 1800's. Of the bounty of devices and styles, hemainly used three specific ones. First off, Dostoevsky saturates the novelwith philosophy from the era to ... Read More

An Analysis of Death and Resurrection in the Novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (644 words, 3 pages)

Death and ResurrectionIn the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the supposed "extraordinary man" theory plays an important role. Raskolnikov, downtrodden, and psychologically battered, believes himself to be exempt from the laws of ordinary men. It is this credo that makes him believe he has the right to murder ... Read More

In Search for Moral Justice in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (1162 words, 4 pages)

Crime and Punishment In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, the main character Rodion Romanovitch searches for moral justice after murdering an old woman pawnbroker and her gentil sister. Throughout the novel the character develops and goes through stages of moral degeneration because he decides he needs to rectify his ... Read More

An Analysis of Raskolnikov’s Psychological State in Crime and Punishment (4405 words, 6 pages)

Raskolnikovs Psychological StateOur group covered the psychological facets of Raskolnikov including dreams, tendencies, actions, and thoughts by utilizing modern literature as our basis of diagnosis. By analyzing Raskolnikov to this extent we have come up with our own individual conclusions of why he does the certain things he does and ... Read More

A Synopsis of the Classical Narrative Drama Crime and Punishment (581 words, 1 pages)

Crime and PunishmentPart 2 a Synopsis This classic narrated drama is among the best novels ever written. From the very beginning, Dostoyevsky captivates the reader s attention and draws it to the main character, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. In a dreary and poverty-stricken part of St. Petersburg, a poor and recently ... Read More

A Comparison of ‘Madame Bovary’ and ‘Crime and Punishment’ (1289 words, 2 pages)

Madame Bovary, as well as Crime and Punishment, can both be seen asexcellent novels. They can also be compared in many ways. Both in MadameBovary and Crime and Punishment there are characters that self-destruct dueto selfish ambitions. A few comparisons between the characters I have chosen,Emma and Marmeladov, include the ... Read More

Crime and Punishment in Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Stories (1051 words, 2 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe Crime and Punishment A certain group of short stories of Edgar Allan Poe can be described as the "Talesof Gothic Horror", but I would like to group them as tales of crime and punishment. Allof them are surprisingly simple and the moral meaning easily understood guilt causes ... Read More

An Analysis of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment (1522 words, 2 pages)

Mari Bauer The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel exploring the concept of sin and moral digression while considering its effect on the lives of people. The novel includes different levels of breaching morals and the outcome of the lives of ... Read More

An Analysis of Guilt in Demons and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1708 words, 2 pages)

In "On Dreams," Freud asserted that feelings of guilt, if repressed from consciousness,inevitably surface in unconscious symptoms, such as nightmares or madness. Although aperson may repress his conscience, the guilt is merely displaced to another part of themind, and eventually, this repressed matter must return. In the works of Dostoevsky, ... Read More

The Issues of Crime and Punishment (951 words, 5 pages)

Our topic for this paper is Crime and Punishment. There are several different issues on this subject. We chose three main points to talk about The Crimes, the People who solved them, and the different types of punishments. These are the topics we chose for our report.Crime in the nineteeth ... Read More

An Analysis of the Depiction of Social Issues in The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3832 words, 16 pages)

In Dostoevsky's novels pain and some heavy burden of the inevitability ofhuman suffering and helplessness form Russia. And he depicts it not withwhite gloves on, nor through the blisters of the peasant, but through peoplewho are close to him and his realities city people who either have faith,or secular humanists ... Read More

How Crime and Punishment Was Handled in the Roman Era (689 words, 1 pages)

Roman Crime and PunishmentCrime and punishment of the Roman era was nothing like it is today. There was no fines, probation or community service, just torture and execution. If you got caught using slander against an emperor, a likely punishment would be to cut off your tongue so you could ... Read More

Psychological Analysis of the Youth’s Response to Crime and Punishment (1585 words, 3 pages)

Youth is the time when each builds himself up so the world may shoot him back down. Every little boy is told that he has the ability to do whatever he wants. As he grows older, however, he will realize this is not true. Though one may exert all, he ... Read More

An Analysis of Themes, Characters, Atmosphere and Images in the First Chapter of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1320 words, 2 pages)

What important themes, characters, atmosphere and images are set out in the first chapter of Part one of Dostoyevskys Crime and Punishment ?From the very first word of this extraordinary piece of literature, the thoughts and transgressions of Raskolnikov penetrates the heart and mind of the reader with exceptional insight, ... Read More

An Inspiration in the Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel “Crime and Punishment” (924 words, 2 pages)

Fyodor Dostoevsky drew upon his many hardships and life experiences in order to instill a sense of realism and truth into the novel Crime and Punishment. He bases many of the characters in the novel on his own life. By incorporating his own life challeges into the novel, there is ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013