Similarities Between Crime And Punishment

Dream a little Dream
Psychologists believe that dreams allow us to be what we cannot be, and to say what we do not say, in our daily lives. They say dreams are our own made up thoughts of the experiences we had that previous day; that they show a character’s subconscious desires because of no social rule. All throughout the novel, Raskolnikov’s encounters a series of dreams that are heavily demonstrated by this one theory. In similarity, the dreams are interpreted by the Id, Ego, and Superego, which, is relevant to the Psychoanalytic Theory as well. Specifically, in the three dreams, he showcases guilt, madness, morality, and coincidence. In the novel Crime and Punishment, The Psychoanalytic Theory is illustrated throughout Raskolnikov's dreams
As they were walking they encountered Mikolka and a group of drunken friends who were beating a white horse to the brink of death. In this dream, the side of Raskolnikov’s “Id’ is brought to the reader's attention because of his innocence and immaturity where “He used to cling close to his father” (Dostoevsky 57 ). On the other hand, during the dream, the character of Raskolnikov and Mikolka symbolizes the conflicting halves of the outer shell of Raskolnikov. Mikoika felt that the horse was useless to him and that it was not doing any good for society or the people around her. In comparison, this how Raskolnikov exactly felt about Alyona when he was planning to kill her because he felt like she was meant to die. In comparison, Mikolka got rid of the horse in the dream by “dealing random blows with the crowbar” (61). Also, as the emotions emerge into Raskolnikov it is apparent that normal childish feelings of pity and compassion are apparent as he states, “Father what are they doing? Father, they are beating the poor horse!” (59). no to a child so it must still exist in Raskolnikov if he can suffer so acutely in the dream. After completing the goal of his murder, Raskolnikov begins to have more dreams; which deals with guilt. The second dream consists of a parallel to the
As the superego of Raskolnikov is taking form he mediates between the unrealistic truth and the external force of the real world. Ilya Petrovich takes the place of Raskolnikov because, in reality, he does not want to be responsible for the murder so he just creates an alternate situation of how the killing takes place. In comparison, he desires to be a by standard of the killing so he forms in his head that he heard “such weird sounds – howls, wails, grinding of teeth, blows curses” (Dostoevsky 110). This dream represents his first feeling of guilt because when he awakens he lays on his sofa in “such anguish, such an intolerable sensation of infinite terror as he had never experienced before” (Page Number). All throughout the third dream, he switches into a state of being an