Reflection of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Honors Colloquium Reflection of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment is a very elaborate and brilliant work. This novel displays alienation from society, your family, and even oneself. This novel taught me enormous amount of things about the work Crime and Punishment, the author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and the main character Raskolnikov having different personalities. The setup of the novel was brilliant and informational. When Raskolnikov meets Marmeladov in the bar this changes the tone of the novel. Without meeting Marmeldov at the bar he would not have met Sonia which is Marmeladov’s daughter. Sonia serves as a kind spirit to Raskolnikov’s miserable life. She is a very religious person unlike her father, Marmeladov. Dostoyevsky told the truth in his novels and this is where his time period plays a pretty big role in his writings. During the 1800’s in Russia majority of the population were poor and Dostoyevsky just wrote about exactly what he saw, which a different writing style is during this time period. Before his novels a lot of other works were very unrealistic. Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment accentuates the disapproval of Marmeladov values and actions by including his alcoholism, stealing from his wife, and also beating his wife. Crime and Punishment displays a take on various values that are even relatable in present day, and very eloquently shows the difference between what was acceptable for men and women to do and how they were allowed to act in 19th century Russia.
Marmeladov values and actions are disapproval through this whole novel. First, I will examine how he deals with alcohol. Sometimes in Marmeladov’s life we can see that alcohol has its own personal place in his life. For this substance to make you steal from your sickly wife, let your children go hungry, and knowing your oldest is a prostitute. While he is drunk he has no since of reality and makes his
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment is a very elaborate and brilliant work. This novel displays alienation from society, your family, and even oneself. This novel taught me enormous amount of things about the work Crime and Punishment, the author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and the main character Raskolnikov having different personalities. The setup of the novel was brilliant and informational. When Raskolnikov meets Marmeladov in the bar this changes the tone of the novel. Without meeting Marmeldov at the bar he would not have met Sonia which is Marmeladov’s daughter. Sonia serves as a kind spirit to Raskolnikov’s miserable life. She is a very religious person unlike her father, Marmeladov. Dostoyevsky told the truth in his novels and this is where his time period plays a pretty big role in his writings. During the 1800’s in Russia majority of the population were poor and Dostoyevsky just wrote about exactly what he saw, which a different writing style is during this time period. Before his novels a lot of other works were very unrealistic. Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, Crime and Punishment accentuates the disapproval of Marmeladov values and actions by including his alcoholism, stealing from his wife, and also beating his wife. Crime and Punishment displays a take on various values that are even relatable in present day, and very eloquently shows the difference between what was acceptable for men and women to do and how they were allowed to act in 19th century Russia.
Marmeladov values and actions are disapproval through this whole novel. First, I will examine how he deals with alcohol. Sometimes in Marmeladov’s life we can see that alcohol has its own personal place in his life. For this substance to make you steal from your sickly wife, let your children go hungry, and knowing your oldest is a prostitute. While he is drunk he has no since of reality and makes his