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Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment
Our protagonist Raskolnikov, a 23 year old former student falls into destitution and convinces himself that killing a pawnbroker to steal her money will solve his problems. He also manages to convince himself that if he uses to money for "good" that this would be a morally justified killing.
While Raskolnikov is definitely impoverished, and while the situation is so dire that his sister is set to marry a well off suitor in order to help the family financially, his lot is life it not as grim as that of Semyon Marmeladov, an alcoholic who has squandered his families money to the point that his daughter is forced into prostitution.
The difference is that Marmeladov knows he is a disgrace, while at this point Raskonikov still thinks rather highly of himself.
This story is book-ended by the crime and the punishment. While it breeze through the crime, its the guilt driven madness that we read about the most.
It has been argued (and I agree) that the torment of guilt was the real punishment.
Unfortunately I was not a fan of this book. I'm not sure if it was the irritating characters, of the story itself. But I was not a fan.
Our protagonist Raskolnikov, a 23 year old former student falls into destitution and convinces himself that killing a pawnbroker to steal her money will solve his problems. He also manages to convince himself that if he uses to money for "good" that this would be a morally justified killing.
While Raskolnikov is definitely impoverished, and while the situation is so dire that his sister is set to marry a well off suitor in order to help the family financially, his lot is life it not as grim as that of Semyon Marmeladov, an alcoholic who has squandered his families money to the point that his daughter is forced into prostitution.
The difference is that Marmeladov knows he is a disgrace, while at this point Raskonikov still thinks rather highly of himself.
This story is book-ended by the crime and the punishment. While it breeze through the crime, its the guilt driven madness that we read about the most.
It has been argued (and I agree) that the torment of guilt was the real punishment.
Unfortunately I was not a fan of this book. I'm not sure if it was the irritating characters, of the story itself. But I was not a fan.