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Many authors derive ideas and themes for their novels through experiences in their own lives. Images of Fyodor Dostoevsky's life, full of hardship and evolution of his ideas and beliefs, can be seen in the characters, events, and themes of Crime And Punishment. Recollection of the deaths of his parents and a horrific horse beating incident; his arrest, pardon, and imprisonment; his first failed marriage to Marya Issaeva; his return to St. Petersburg after years of exile; his meeting with the love of his life, Anna Snitkina, and his disdainful travels abroad are all manifested in Crime and Punishment.
Like most authors' characters, Dostoevsky's characters are complex manifestations of people and events in his own life. Raskolnikov, the troubled and criminal protagonist, obviously lacks a double in the reality of Dostoevsky's life. However, the inspiration of Raskolnikov's plights and suffering are not untraceable. Sigmund Freud muses that Dostoevky, although he displayed no......

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