Rasconikov Duality

In the novel Crime and Punishment, Rasconikov is the main character who is a relatively poor ex-student in Saint Petersburg facing mental issues and struggling with the battle between his pride and conscious. Rasconikov often acts one way one minute, and another the next which makes it very difficult to distinguish Rsconikov’s true and actual personality. It is said that Rasconikov is a dual character, one being a very isolated, detached, sneaky, and disconnected, the other being very kind, giving, considerate, and sincere. Rasconikov’s isolated, detached, sneaky and disconnected side is when most of his intellectual scheming goes on. There is never any spontaneous moves when in this state, but more so every action being premeditated. This side of his personality is where he strategizes his theories about crime and how to commit it. Raskolnikov believes that the “extraordinary” are able to be independent, and not influenced by others on the outside, but only being influenced by oneself, being self-sufficient without company or the hand of another, which explains why his intellectual side is very isolated. The other
While Dunya agrees to marry him in hope to help rasconikov with work. Rasconikov shortly after tells her to marry whoever she wants to marry. This is an example of the compassionate side of Rascolnikolv not wanting his sister to burden herself just to help him out, and the intellectual side showing that he shouldn’t have any concern with others and their insignificant