Crime and Punishment Part I
Conflict:
External – man vs. a hostile society
(poverty, crime)
Internal – man vs. himself
(Raskolnikov’s battling dual natures calculating and caring sides)
The purpose of the novel is to unite the two factions of Raskolnikov’s personality into one whole functioning person.
Theme: Suffering leads to redemption.
The whole story is developed through duality, dual conflicts as well as dual characterization
Roskolnikov
Calculating
Cold
Uncaring
Intellectual
Caring
Warm
Compassionate
Humane
Humble & Meek
Other characters
Calculating Characters
Alyona
Svidrigalov (evil)
Porfiry
Caring Characters
Lizaveta
Sonia ("Christ like")
Friday, March 20, 2009
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