Difference between the murders of Alyona and Lizaveta. Literary purpose?
Razhumikin said he was "alternating between two characters". Comment.
Is Raskolnikov responsible for his isolation
Is Raskolnikov a product of his social environment
Justify Raskolnikov's crime as for humanity
Justify Raskolnikov's ccrimes against humanity
Historical content of extraordinary man and/or utilitarianism. Are they related or contradictory?
Paradox of cynicism of Tsarist autocracy… a revolt against evil rulemakers by defining their own rules, making them less evil than those they revolt against
Portrait of social conditions Russian society as a character (St. Petersburg)-solitude and poverty
How does Dostoebsky create balance between Raskolnikov awareness of ethics and/or nationalism and his desire to reform a flawed society
Rask _ research Hegelian and Neitzchean concepts of a superhuman vs. Profiry _ slavophillie, traditionalist, Marxist
How does the novel counter Machiavellian ideals
Assess the theme of moral redemption through suffering – a Christian ideology- does punishment supersede crime, can redemption save criminals.
How do the characters cover all aspects of human suffering, catorgiarize their human condition ie. Rask - conscious, mental, emotional; sonya-physical; katerena-familial; marmeladov-social
Argue that the crime is a crime against human/body soul
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Function of deliriums and dreams as moral voice, victims motif in dreams
Symbolism: blood, paint, whip
All ironies in novel: free soul in confined room, murders pawnbroker for being greedy and steals her money, buries money in park, extraordinary/ordinary vs. Incidental, prostitue as redeemer.
Svid as a foil
Moral vs. religious salvation
Focus in the theory of extraordinary in part 3 a) look at Prof talk with (ch.5) (b) talk with Raz (ch1) (c)zossimovs madness talk (ch3)
How does Dost offer a psychological but not moral judgment of svid.
Religion symbolism = cross,lazarus, Marmladov; leading up to confession
How does the point of view effectively create sympathy?
How is time psych and not chronological; what is the effect of time?
Sonya, Raz, Profiry as healers. Similarities btw their characters. What is dost identifying as the beakers of his time/environment.
Is svid. A mirror or foil to Rask.? (monster or victim)
Parallel Sonya and Christ
Is Rask temporarily "mentally deranged" as his lawyer says he is?
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