yet deep symbols within the novel‚ for instance the symbol and concept of time. We are constantly being told what time is. From the point when Raskolnikov wakes up‚ moving to enact his plans to murder the pawnbroker‚ even the time that it is when Svidrigaïlov plans to kill himself. The inclusion of time pushes the story in a chronological order‚ much like a order is naturally followed in life‚ and a order is followed in the justice process for apprehension of criminals (Rask.). In the introduction to
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personal gain. Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov‚ otherwise known as Dunya‚ is Raskolnikov’s sister who is extremely loyal to her family and willing to sacrifice a large portion of her own happiness for their sake. She continues to work in the abusive Svidrigailov family in order to send Raskolnikov to school‚ becoming the gossip of the town when Mr. Svidrigailov’s sexual intentions towards her come to light. Despite the rumors floating around and slandering her reputation‚ Dunya remains unaffected‚ finding
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The 22nd Annual Book Report Competition For Secondary School Students The 2nd Runner Up of English Senior Section |Name of School |: Wa Ying College | |Name of Award Student |: Chow Tsz Yin‚ Amelia | |Title of Book Read |: Crime and Punishment
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Guilt is a natural human feeling‚ and it is one that can drive people to do things they ordinarily would not. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment‚ guilt causes the main character to change into a strange and different character than the one who was initially portrayed. The novel portrays a grisly murder from the eyes of the man who committed the crime. Through this aspect‚ the reader develops a better understanding of what it is like to think and feel like a guilty man denying his involvement
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1. Symbols • “Holy Fools” – Ch. 4- Sonia and Lizaveta‚ oxymoron of being righteous‚ saintly yet foolish; symbolize self-sacrifice‚ blind faith • “Sickness and Delirium”- Ch. 5 Raskolnikov’s guilt previously symbolized by blood‚ now is symbolized by sickness and delirium; Porfiry Petrovich indirectly accuses Raskolnikov of crime by accusing him of spreading his “illness” and of being “sick” and “delirious” • The Bible/Story of Lazarus- ties back to the “holy fools”;
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Crime and Punishment Novel Responses “He was so immersed in himself and had isolated himself so much from everyone that he was afraid not only of meeting his landlady but of meeting anyone at all. He was crushed by poverty; but even his strained circumstances had lately ceased to burden him.” By portraying the protagonist as an individual who is going through major suffering‚ Dostoevsky allows the audience to establish that Raskolnikov is beginning to detach and isolate himself from the world‚
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Mary Ann P. Calamba TFG1 January 29‚ 2010 Selfless Love “For one she loves‚ for one she adores‚ she will sell herself! That’s what it all amount to; for her brother‚ for her mother‚ she will sell herself! She will sell everything!” (Dostoyevsky. Part 1. Chapter 4. pp. 53). The above statements were spoken by Raskolnikov‚ the novel’s protagonist‚ after reading the letter given by his mother‚ Pulcheria Alexandrovna. The letter stated that her sister‚ Dounia‚ will be married to Luzhin.
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Marmeladov and his daughter‚ the meek prostitute Sonya‚ whose love helps to redeem Raskolnikov; Raskolnikov’s devoted sister‚ mother‚ and best friend (Dunya‚ Pulkheria Aleksandrovna‚ and Razhumikhin); Dunya’s scheming suitor Luzhin and the sinister Svidrigailov; and the canny police investigator. Porfiry Petrovich. Finally‚ beyond its powerful plot and colorful characters. Crime and Punishment is marked by its insightful treatment of several major themes. Among other things‚ the book is an expose of social
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Raskolnikov lives a life which ultimately leads to his imprisonment in Siberia which provides an escape from the hellish St. Petersburg. He could have ended his life‚ but was instead redeemed. In contrast to this‚ the character Svidrigailov‚ who also has abandoned many morals through the attempted rape of Dounia‚ commits suicide‚ before he can repent his immoral ways. Dounia could have been his salvation‚ but his realization that he did not love her proved too much for him to handle
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negatively the concept of “home” is portrayed in Crime and Punishment. While St. Petersburg is typically regarded as a “window to the West” and a place of great promise‚ the city is actually a source of great disappointment for many of the characters. Svidrigailov notes‚"there are few places which exercise such strange‚ harsh‚ and sombre influences on the human spirit as St. Petersburg" (394). Landlords and landladies are
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