Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov: Literary Philosophies In literature, authors have had certain goals and have often tried to incorporate literary philosophies, such as naturalism, existentialism, or realism, into their works. If two authors had aimed for the same type of reaction from the reader, their works would most likely have some paralleled aspects. Raskolnikov, the main character in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment was very comparable to Shakepeare’s Macbeth. Raskolnikov and Macbeth both had positive qualities; however, both ch