Raskolnikov's Quest
In Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, the initial thoughts of a reader are that there is an absence of God in this book; it begins about a man filled with desperation. Who succumbs to his evil ways committing a sin, but it also takes on the master plot of a quest: a quest of Raskolnikov to find himself, which is ultimately found in his unknown quest for God. His quest is brought on by the absence of God in his life and this quest slowly begins to show a conclusion, when he is in prison and allows himself to be overcome by a presence of God and picks up the New Testament and the narrator hints at a new life. The idea of religion is not something that can influence your life unless you want it to. Raskolnikov is an arrogant and desperate character
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Sonya has to show Raskolnikov that no matter what, God and your faith is always there and the only way to get to a better life is to confess your sins and repent for your mistakes, thus allowing Raskolnikov to begin to fulfill his quest in finding God and hopefully a sane version of himself. Throughout his story, we find that he suffers from delirium, poverty, and even sociopathic tendencies. Suffering is the constant that Dostoevsky maintains throughout Crime and Punishment. It extends to many of the characters even to the Christ-like Sonya. Though Sonya suffers, she overcomes suffering through repentance and acceptance of her adversity and teaches Raskolnikov to do the …show more content…
Dostoevsky does not let the reader understand, until later on in the novel, that Raskolnikov had been thinking and planning out this evil for long period of time. Raskolnikov believes of himself be a sort of Napoleon figure in his community and that his action of murder will set people free from the suffering of their poor lives. But the opposite occurs, Raskolnikov does not become free from his suffering, he begins to face a fast descent into a psychotic break. Dostoevsky is trying to show the readers that you cannot combat suffering with sin and evil tendencies. Raskolnikov chose the easy way out; he chose to go against God and take matters into his own hands and ultimately suffers even more in his life because of
Sonya has to show Raskolnikov that no matter what, God and your faith is always there and the only way to get to a better life is to confess your sins and repent for your mistakes, thus allowing Raskolnikov to begin to fulfill his quest in finding God and hopefully a sane version of himself. Throughout his story, we find that he suffers from delirium, poverty, and even sociopathic tendencies. Suffering is the constant that Dostoevsky maintains throughout Crime and Punishment. It extends to many of the characters even to the Christ-like Sonya. Though Sonya suffers, she overcomes suffering through repentance and acceptance of her adversity and teaches Raskolnikov to do the …show more content…
Dostoevsky does not let the reader understand, until later on in the novel, that Raskolnikov had been thinking and planning out this evil for long period of time. Raskolnikov believes of himself be a sort of Napoleon figure in his community and that his action of murder will set people free from the suffering of their poor lives. But the opposite occurs, Raskolnikov does not become free from his suffering, he begins to face a fast descent into a psychotic break. Dostoevsky is trying to show the readers that you cannot combat suffering with sin and evil tendencies. Raskolnikov chose the easy way out; he chose to go against God and take matters into his own hands and ultimately suffers even more in his life because of