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Essay Galaxy - Crime And Punishment: Characterization
Crime And Punishment: Characterization
In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov's dream about the
mare can be used as a vehicle to probe deep into his mentality to discover
how he really feels inside. The dream suggests that Raskolnikov is a
"split" man; after all, his name in Russian means "split". He has a cruel
and thoughtless side as well as a caring, compassionate side to his
personality. Through the dream and the symbols therein, a reader can cast
Raskolnikov, as well as other characters from Crime And Punishment, into
any of the various parts in the dream. Each part that a character takes on
leads to a different conclusion about that character. Raskolnikov himself
"fits" into the positions of Mikolka, the child, and the mare.
If Mikolka, the drunken owner of the mare, were to represent
Raskolnikov, then the mare would most probab....
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