"Crime and Punishment" is a novel written in the mid-1860s by a well-known author named Fyodor Dostoevsky in Siberia. This novel is composed of six parts with an epilogue, it has a serious and dramatic tone and Dostoevsky makes use of the double personality-character. This book features a student with superficial beliefs about philosophy and convinces his mind of the ability of a superbeing, the main character called Rodian Romanovitch Raskolnikov. His belief in helping humanity even if it means committing a crime; He saw himself as someone on a mission with extra powers, so he thinks carefully about the crime, about his execution which he classified as a blameless act. In this passage, the narrator triggers the reader's curiosity and his connection with the functioning of the human mind; therefore, the themes of this selection reinforce its main topic: Suffering, Morality-Reparation, Confession and Forgiveness - A renewed being. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essaySuffering“If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment, as well as prison…” (474). Here his amount of suffering was stated which is a result of his acknowledgment of guilt, the dialogue was set up that as long as he has a sense of right and wrong, he will suffer for his crime and being in prison will also act from a secondary level of suffering inflicted. . For example, he experienced psychological and physical suffering in which fear overcame Raskolnikov's reasoning and then he lost his mind. This psychological torment led to his inevitable illness (305). Morality - Reparation“Second class prisoner Rodion Raskolnikov was locked up in the prison for nine months. It's been almost a year and a half since his crime. There had been few difficulties during his trial. The criminal adhered exactly, firmly and clearly to his statement. He did not confuse or misrepresent the facts, nor soften them in his own interests, nor omit the smallest detail” (939). Based on this fact, it turned out that despite his confinement in prison and waiting for trial, the criminal obviously had the opportunity to revise his original statement to limit his physical punishment by law, but then he maintained his position, this means that he is actually not a bad person, he contained a certain level of morality within himself but he just chose a wrong approach for right conduct. It demonstrates his level of goodness, but the mentality of obtaining good in association with crime was wrong. In the long run, he received the consequence of honesty: mercy, perhaps the judge or magistrates could read his mind and his repentant spirit, perhaps because he never joined any form of defense. Confession Raskolnikov's psychological torment can be attributed to his guilt. The awareness and need to free himself from these mental and physical sufferings became a priority, so he opted for confession to the people concerned; for example he confessed to Sonia, in the public square and to the police. Even though he felt that the mind is a bigger world than the physical environment, he made his sincere confession despite the fact that it will not get him immediate freedom from prison but will lead to even greater psychological freedom. Forgiveness - A Being Renewed“But all at once something seemed to grab him and throw him at his feet. He was crying and throwing his arms around her knees... They were both pale and thin; but those pale and sick faces were illuminated by the dawn of a new future, of a full resurrection to a new life” (964). In the initial phase, the.
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