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Raskolnikov

crime and punishment
By: Guerino Zambrano
E-mail: nuts390@aol.com

Crime And Punishment In real life humans are multidimensional not only physically but also in their actions and emotions. Majority of the time when it comes to any form of entertainment being it movies, plays, or books, the characters are flat, one dimensional. You don\'t get a sense of which they really are the author in his writings portrays him in a certain light. Could be portrayed has the good guy, bad guy, or just your average man on the street. But Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky\'s Crime and Punishment is displayed with more then one persona. His range of actions and emotions is almost unheard of; he is a Dr. Jekyl, Mr. Hyde type of character. For Raskolnikov has some very extremes ranging from the kind, compassionate, caring side he displays towards Sonia to the murderous, selfish, materialistic side in killing Alyona and Lizaveta Ivanovna. There are many other instances where Raskolnikov shows his colors other then committing the murders and his relationship with Sonia. His first dream along with, revisiting the crime sight contrasted with his reaction to finding Marmelodov run over in the street, both showcase his different sides. Raskolnikov can also be compared to a current event, that being the happenings in Littleton, Colorado. You would think that a swing in attitude and emotion that Raskolnikov has would follow a deep impacting event, like the murders of the Ivanovna sisters. This is not the case though, even before the horrendous crimes he commits, you can see him sway from one side to the other. This is prevalent during and after his first dream. The dream is of a man brutally beating to death a horse. Raskolnikov is a child in the dream and like every child would is concerned and worried for the well being of the animal, for the mare is old and being asked to do something it is incapable of doing. The dream continuously gets worse and he ends up...

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