Category: Crime and Punishment

Why would someone murder another? What goes through someone’s mind after committing murder? And how are murderers created? Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky tackled these questions in 1866, precisely 154 years ago, in what would become one of the most renowned books of Russian literature: ‘Crime and Punishment.’ Overview of the text Analysis: This novel follows the…

One of the most notorious hate crimes in American history titles the prominent lynching of a young 14 year old boy in the Mississippi Delta of 1955. Emmett Till reportedly flirted with a white woman while purchasing candy at a grocery store. Soon after he was kidnapped by two white men, brutally murdered, and tossed…

Introduction: The Interplay of Dreams and Guilt in “Crime and Punishment” What are the true meaning of dreams? Why do people experience them? An Austrian neurologist from the nineteenth and twentieth century, Sigmund Freud, is the father of the Theory of Dreams. In Fyodor Dostoevskys novel, Freuds Theory of Dreams is highlighted throughout the book…

Fyodor Dostoevsky was well informed about the newest ideas and the most recent philosophical concepts of his time. Dostoevsky focuses on the human ethics which are much essential for mankind to survive on the planet with peace of mind. Ethics refers to the moral values that preside over a persons actions. In his novel, Crime…

The novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky was known as an advocate for the impoverished in Russian society, however he had strong criticisms to socialism and its implications. Socialism is defined as a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community…

Fyodor Dostoevsky once stated, ‘Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.’ Thus, being nothing or accomplishing nothing in life insinuates that failure is inevitable. A particular example of this is in Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment; in Fyodor Dostoevskys novel Crime and Punishment…

Thats the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. Jhumpa Lahiri once famously said. The booksno matter what time and what yearhave always something to tell, something to give and the texts are always ready to hold our hand and take us to the journey full of adventures, dreams, reality, pain,…

In Fyodor Dostoevskys psychological drama, Crime and Punishment, protagonist Rodion Raskolnikovs theorizes that there are certain extraordinary individuals in society to whom mundane laws do not apply as they are supermen whose primary objective is the betterment of society through any means necessary. The influences of others on the protagonist, as well as dreams, symbols,…

According to Sigmund Freud, all dreams contain a subliminal message. These messages are able to be interpreted by a psychologist inorder to find the sources of one’s pain or discomfort in life. The process of studying dreams is referred to as psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis has its application in the physical world and in literature. Dostoevsky has…

Since antiquity, we have challenged ourselves to the best of our limits, from what we can understand about the world, to the human condition. But as we gain more understanding of ourselves and the universe at large, the bolder we became and have left our traditional values. Will there be a point of understanding where…