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In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the main character, whose name is Raskolnikov, commits a punishable crime, and endeavors the consequences. The main point of the book is to show that any time you do something that precedes punishment, you will most likely feel guilty about it afterwards. This is shown when a detective and Raskolnikov’s brother-in-law, Luzhin, discuss the murders, and he loses his mind. Another example would be at the beginning of Part Two, after he commits

Throughout his tenure, Fyodor Dostoyevsky frequently explored the elaborate and pressing questions of “where is Russia going? and what is to be done about Russia?” through the “[creation of] landscapes that reverberate[d] with these questions” (Stanton and Hardy). Typically writing in the capacity of a quasi-pundit, Dostoyevsky’s writings often examined and critiqued the excessively turbulent Russian society of the late nineteenth century through his portrayal of several underlying themes that proliferated

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, published in 1864, is a novel revealing the thoughts of a fictional character, that is, the narrator, or the “Underground man,” but at the same time, it is a reflection of Dostoyevsky’s ideas. In this novel, there is an exploration of various themes and most importantly, with regards to the scope of this paper: consciousness and free will. The ideas Dostoyevsky conveys in this text are more easily comparable to other thinkers and their ideas, namely, Kant

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is, as the title suggests, a novel about three brothers. Each of the brothers represent one aspect of humanity. Ivan represents intellectual pursuits, Dimitri combats sensuality, and Alyosha focuses on spirituality. Throughout the novel, the brothers struggle numerous times, all of it culminating in the murder of Fyodor Karamazov, their father. Dimitri is the primary suspect of the trial and is found guilty by the court while the readers know that Dimitri

Fyodor Dostoevsky is a Russian author who writes novels that revolve around psychology. He demonstrates his ability to communicate with the reader by applying his in-depth knowledge and analyzing human behavior of people. By expanding his knowledge into different works he provides a mean for the public to understand psychology at works of literature. For example, in Crime and Punishment. Dostoevsky, uses motifs to help illuminate the action of characters. Dostoevsky uses the motif of money in an

Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Russian author and philosopher in the mid to late 19th century. Dostoevsky's works is has gained praise from his works such as The Idiot as well as Crime and Punishment.Authors all over the world write fiction, yet this fiction can be traced back to the writer’s own personal experiences and Fyodor Dostoevsky is no exception, as is seen clearly in his book Crime and Punishment. Born in Moscow, Russia in 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of eight children. His life in Russia

The last son of Fyodor Karamazov was a bastard, born from the town’s holy fool. Although it is not entirely known whether Fyodor was the true father of Smerdyakov, he was widely believed to be so. Smerdyakov was raised by Gregory and his wife after his mother died during childbirth and later worked as Fyodor’s personal cook. As a child, Smerdyakov “loved to hang cats and then bury them with great ceremony” (Dostoevsky, 1981). As an adult, he was unsociable, arrogant, and despised everyone. Smerdyakov

Fyodor Dostoevsky, a Christian, is known for his pieces of literature diving further into religion. The word religion represents a wide variety of different branches, such as Christianity, Humanism, Existentialism, and Christian Existentialism. All of these appear in Dostoevsky’s renowned novel The Brothers Karamazov. The author himself was quite fond of the different world views and portraying them through the characters in his works. Comparing and contrasting the characters through differing personalities

In his poem, “The Grand inquisitor,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky uses his story of two brothers, Ivan Karamazov and Alyosha Karamazov to discuss religion and the existence, or lack thereof, of a benevolent God. What really struck me about Dostoyevsky was his ability to use Ivan’s questioning as a means to foster thought in his audience. Personally, I had a few moments of sublimity as I pondered my own religion and how these unanswerable questions played in my religion. I also really appreciated how Dostoyevsky’s

Crime and Punishment is a literary achievement in philosophical fiction that was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born November 11, 1821 in Moscow, Russia. Fyodor is arguably one of the best literary psychologists with such works such as Crime and Punishment which explores loosely the philosophical theory of existentialism. Existentialism “emphasizes the existence of each individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will”