Summary Of Raskolnikov's Respect
First impressions and views on strangers: Raskolnikov’s respect
It takes a second or less to decide if someone is trustworthy according to a study done at Princeton. The students were given as long as they wanted to look at the people and decide their level of integrity but most only used one tenth of a second. Prejudice and earlier experiences obviously plays a role in the split second decision but it is animal instinct to judge quickly and get to know later. This judgement and instant respect or denial of can be dangerous and affects who humans are, depending on who people trust or respect. This ability judge trustworthiness developed from a skill that may have be need as a survival mechanism earlier in the human race. Faces with “higher inner eyebrows and pronounced cheekbones,” the paper explains, “are seen as trustworthy and lower inner eyebrows and shallower cheekbones are seen as untrustworthy.” Peoples trust is delivered simply by the shape of one’s face. Humans respect for people is valuable and even after knowing someone for 10 seconds they can bestow it and even accept outlandish ideas that they would have called nonsense …show more content…
Raskolnikov is passing by a police officer and a student when he first hears the idea of murder for the unjustified reason of giving all to the poor. The student remarks, “Kill her take her money and with the help of it devote yourself to the service of humanity and the common good…of course she doesn’t deserve to live”(130;pt I;Ch.4). The people of higher knowledge plant a seed in Raskolnikov, if they believe this is true whats stoping him to not. They are respectable higher class and they have an influence on Raskolnikov's mind and his eventual murders. He respects their position and ideal based on first impressions which convince him to eventually make his
It takes a second or less to decide if someone is trustworthy according to a study done at Princeton. The students were given as long as they wanted to look at the people and decide their level of integrity but most only used one tenth of a second. Prejudice and earlier experiences obviously plays a role in the split second decision but it is animal instinct to judge quickly and get to know later. This judgement and instant respect or denial of can be dangerous and affects who humans are, depending on who people trust or respect. This ability judge trustworthiness developed from a skill that may have be need as a survival mechanism earlier in the human race. Faces with “higher inner eyebrows and pronounced cheekbones,” the paper explains, “are seen as trustworthy and lower inner eyebrows and shallower cheekbones are seen as untrustworthy.” Peoples trust is delivered simply by the shape of one’s face. Humans respect for people is valuable and even after knowing someone for 10 seconds they can bestow it and even accept outlandish ideas that they would have called nonsense …show more content…
Raskolnikov is passing by a police officer and a student when he first hears the idea of murder for the unjustified reason of giving all to the poor. The student remarks, “Kill her take her money and with the help of it devote yourself to the service of humanity and the common good…of course she doesn’t deserve to live”(130;pt I;Ch.4). The people of higher knowledge plant a seed in Raskolnikov, if they believe this is true whats stoping him to not. They are respectable higher class and they have an influence on Raskolnikov's mind and his eventual murders. He respects their position and ideal based on first impressions which convince him to eventually make his