Consciousness In Dostoevsky's Crime And P

If one keeps a mindset of failure, ultimately the negative consciousness will be the cause of one’s failure. In the contrast, a positive consciousness will lead to a great possibility of result in success. Leo Tolstoy once states, “For a human being to do something…, it is first necessary for a certain change to take place in his consciousness.” Our actions begin when a change in consciousness begins. In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”, the abject social circumstance of Russia in the 1800s have led to minute changes of consciousness for Raskolnikov, ultimately planting the “seed” of murder into his mindset, and causing him to commit murder.
As Raskolnikov gains exposure and witness the poverty of Russia, he grows the angry towards society and questions the mainspring of unfavorable circumstance. Tolstoy claims “from barely perceptible changes which take place in the area of consciousness, the most unimaginably important, limitless consequences can follow.” Our awareness is limited by our consciousness. Raskolnikov’s hatred consciousness against society forbids his awareness, his true life. His real life did not take place when neither he went outside rambling on street with thinking about the murder, talking with Marmeladov in the tavern nor killing the pawnbroker and her innocent sister. Leo Tolstoy characterizes Raskolnikov as “acting life machine…
Those changes motivated the “seed” of murder to grow and eventually his dark consciousness forbids his awareness which resulted in tragedy. The conscience of murdering was limited by the “life machine” thoughts of Raskolnikov. The minute change of consciousness is the primary key of actions of murder, represents the water and sun for the “seed” of murder in Raskolnikov’s foundation of