Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky displays how a paternal relationship can affect a child’s outcome. Fyodor Pavlovich bore four sons of three different women, Dmitri, Ivan, Alyosha, and Smerdyakov. The four sons’ upbringings were not ideal as it fell upon other people, like servants and distant relatives to raise them , instead of their real parents. Due to Pavlovich’s absence in his son’s lives, the boys were raised in turmoil without a solid parental figure to lean on for support.…

move to the prison in Siberia city. This is presented as an interesting contrast to St. Petersburg. Siberia city is presented by Dostoyevsky as holy and natural; which is completely untouched by the vice and pollution in which St. Petersburg city of Russia was drowning. Fyodor Dostoyevsky representation of prison in Crime and Punishment is quite ironic. Fyodor Dostoyevsky has shown prison not as a continuation of suffering, but as a hospital of criminals. The place where criminals wound can be…

very different. Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky said: “if God is dead, everything is permitted.” When he said this, he is refering to the divine command theory. In this theory it states, “God decrees what is right and wrong. Actions that God commands us to do are morally required; actions that God forbids us to do are morally wrong; and all other actions are morally neutral” (Rachels, 51). From an atheist perspective, there is no god. As a result, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was saying that since…

of the irrational human nature. Using a fictional, lonely, and deranged personality as the narrating voice of the novel, Dostoyevsky contrives nonsensical inner dialogues to present common human angst in a carefully calculated world. He purports that humans suffer from the discrepancy that despite our desires to do good or bad, we are restrained by social expectations. Dostoyevsky supplies a critical anatomy of the struggles to find peace with our inner desires, or more importantly, to maintain…

forced to take on many roles and occupations. In recent years, women have broken standard gender roles and crafted a life that is one hundred percent their own. However, in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, published in 1866, women are making lives of their own and becoming the providers in their households. Dostoyevsky crafted female characters that make sacrifices to provide for their loved ones. Dostoyevsky’s characters, especially Sonia, have broken many gender roles, and the men of…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was not only the author of the literary staple, Crime and Punishment, he had also been a Siberian exile who served four years in a hard labor prison camp. With a background that would easily stress a man's psyche, it can be assumed that Crime and Punishment tells a story that goes much deeper than the murders shown on television. In the novel it is easy to assume that Raskolnikov killed Alyona Ivanovna and her sister because of his debt, but when delving into the…

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, explores the nature of man and crime through the experiences and relationships of the protagonist, Raskolnikov. The novel is known for its rich explorations in characterization to make thematic points about human nature, crime, religion, and the role of destiny and self-determination in the course of human life. Through the inclusion of foiled character pairs in Crime and Punishment, a pattern is developed which demonstrates fateful similarities…

the meantime of having their great ambitions, they failed to really fulfill their dream and contribute to the society. And in the meantime of wishing being loved by others, they are marginalized by the society. In the Notes From Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky successfully creates an image of a superfluous man, who is sensitive, supercilious and genuine. Certain images and characteristics of the underground man coincide with the personalities of Lin Daiyu in the Dream of the Red Chamber written…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel Crime and Punishment contains a cast of various characters. One such character is an old friend and ex-student of the protagonist Raskolnikov whose name is Razumikhin. Razumikhin is described as a tall man with a large view on life. He is innocent, kind, and loves to joke and make wits. His qualities and attributes make him appear as a character used for comical relief. The author makes it clear to the audience that Razumikhin is the foil character to…

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment the protagonist is a murderer. There is no other way to put it. Raskolnikov, the protagonist, still manages to come across as likeable. Dostoyevsky is able to manipulate the reader to root for Raskolnikov throughout the book. The very first description of Raskolnikov depicts him as depressed and poverty stricken. “For some time though, he had been tense and irritable, in a state resembling depression” (13). One of the first lines of description gives…