Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Crime and Punishment Summary

When the first installment of Crime and Punishment appeared in the Journal Russian Messenger in January of 1866, its debt-ridden author, Fyodor Mikhallovich Dostoyevsky, had not yet finished writing the novel. However, even before the entire work had appeared in serial form, the novel was a public success. Early Russian readers and critics recognized that, artistically and socially, Crime and Punishment was one of the most important novels of its time, and it was...

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Crime and Punishment

5,429 words, approx. 19 pages

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The son of an army doctor, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-81) was educated to be a military engineer, but he rejected a career in the army for literature, publi... Read more

Fyodor Dostoevsky Biographies (3)

Fedor Dostoevsky

6,321 words, approx. 22 pages

Russian writer Fedor Dostoevsky represents many things to many people. There is Dostoevsky the existentialist, Dostoevsky the psychologist, Dostoevsky the arch conservative who foretold the repression... Read more

Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

15,395 words, approx. 52 pages

Among European writers of the nineteenth century Fyodor Dostoevsky is the preeminent novelist of modernity. He explored the far-ranging moral, religious, psychological, social, political, and artistic... Read more

Fyodor Dostoevsky

2,138 words, approx. 8 pages

The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) mixed social, Gothic, and sentimental elements with psychological irrationalism and visionary religion. The form of the novel vastly increased in sco... Read more

Essays & Analysis (18)

The Monstrous Deed

490 words, approx. 2 pages

The first part of the novel Crime and Punishment, containing a man named Raskolnikov's rationale behind committing the murder of an old woman, is not a very lengthy part of the book, but is critical i... Read more

Religion as Sanctuary

1,493 words, approx. 5 pages

Crime and Punishment is centered around a man named Raskolnikov, who thinks that he is extraordinary, and thus believes that he no longer has to answer to God, only to himself. We see in Part II o... Read more

Crime and Punishment: Debunking the Extraordinary Man

1,111 words, approx. 4 pages

A man who kills on principle alone, who would rather reside in the psychological prison of his own mind then debunk his own theory, and who completely dismisses religion until his darkest hour. Does R... Read more

Crime and Punnishment- Rodya's Duality

980 words, approx. 4 pages

In Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Rodya, the main character, is torn between his rational and abstract instincts to be above the ordinary population and his emotional and compassionate fee... Read more

Crime and Punishment

430 words, approx. 2 pages

In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an integral part of every character's role. The theme of this novel is: Suffering is essential to the balance between morals and o... Read more

Sonia as a Morally Ambiguous Character in Crime and Punishment

1,030 words, approx. 4 pages

Several morally ambiguous characters played different pivotal roles in Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In fact, most characters presented in this somewhat twisted novel can be evaluated ... Read more

Effects of Starvation on Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment

1,340 words, approx. 5 pages

Most of Raskolnikov's actions and thoughts are attributed to his feeling of guilt about the cold blooded murder he has committed. Mood swings, anxiety and apathy, severe depression, social changes, a... Read more

Crime and Punishment: Raskolnikov's Fate

1,252 words, approx. 5 pages

A crime committed, to be paid for by the allotted punishment. Such is the destiny of Rodion Raskolnikov, and the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevski tells his story. The crime has two le... Read more

Themes of Crime and Punishment

785 words, approx. 3 pages

In the novel "Crime and Punishment" the theme of suffering surfaces time and time again. Some forms of suffering may not be as visible as others, but in some way, every single character experience... Read more

Crime and Punishment

626 words, approx. 3 pages

In Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, Sonia Semyonovna is the chosen confidante for main character Rodion Raskolnikov. Her primary role in the novel is that of a confidante, but she also serv... Read more

A Taste of Marmelodov: Crime and Punishment

1,315 words, approx. 5 pages

A Taste of Marmeladov In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Crime and Punishment, Marmeladov is a minor character whose story is told in only a few short chapters of the first two books, and yet, Marmeladov ... Read more

The Theories of Murder in Crime and Punishment

1,159 words, approx. 4 pages

Crime and Punishment-(theories of murder) In literature, authors always struggle to make their works more interesting than another's. A murder story is a sure way to gain anyone's attention. Since t... Read more

The Influcence of Society on Criminals in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment

720 words, approx. 3 pages

In his novel, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky debates the idea of a Nietzsche "superman" and the socialist idea that criminals are influenced by their environments. Friedriech Nietzsche beli... Read more

Epilogue for Crime & Punishment in Relation to the Rest of the Text

1,118 words, approx. 4 pages

The epilogue to Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is criticized by some as being inconsistent with the rest of the novel. However, through looking at the religious imagery, Dostoevsky's const... Read more

Suffering in Crime and Punishment

1,332 words, approx. 5 pages

Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov both suffered greatly for similar crimes of murder. Raskolnikov suffered physical ailments as well as emotional suffering whereas Svidrigailov suffered emotional and phys... Read more

Crime and Punishment and Poverty

1,181 words, approx. 4 pages

In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, we discover nearly every character becomes weighed down by the same oppressive force, which slowly deteriorates the social structure in St. Pet... Read more

Better Now Than Later: a Response to Crime and Punishment

1,261 words, approx. 5 pages

There is an extraordinary aspect in Fyodor Dostevsky's Crime and Punishment that mirrors something my mother used to say to me as a child: "It's better if you tell me now rather than later." Of cour... Read more

Rascolnikov's Guilt

763 words, approx. 3 pages

During a time that sought political unity, radical groups were constantly rising and falling in the late 19th century Russia. These radical groups tried to progress towards drastic political changes. ... Read more

Free Book Notes (1)

Crime and Punishment

22,652 words, approx. 76 pages

Crime and Punishment Book Notes is a free study guide on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Sum... Read more

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