Suffering In Crime And Punishment
In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky,
suffering is an integral part of every character’s role. However, the
message that Dostoevsky wants to present with the main character,
Raskolnikov, is not one of the Christian idea of salvation through
suffering. Rather, it appears to me, as if the author never lets his
main character suffer mentally throughout the novel, in relation to the
crime, that is. His only pain seems to be physical sicknes.
Raskolnikov commits a premeditated murder in a state of
delirium. He ends up committing a second murder, which he never ever
wanted to be responsible for. He kills Lizaveta, an exceedingly innocent
person. But does the author ever remind us of the murder at any time in
the novel again? Not in the physical sense of the crime itself. The
reader doesn’t hear about how heavily the murders are weighing on his
heart, or how he is tormented by visions of the crime. He doesn’t feel
the least......
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