Posted by Jamie James on January 30, 19100 at 05:24:06:
In Reply to: Crime and Punishment??? Help Me ASAP posted by Laura on January 27, 19100 at 17:15:46:
I know this is too late but I thought I would send it to you over the ether anyway.
If you were to choose one of the thesis for resolution then my personal preference is to got for the Hegelian.
The process that Rask* uses to arrive at resolution is a s tep by step rationalisation of what has happened.
He has planned a change (he cannot continue with the pressure of not being caught rather than guilt) and via conflict he will conclude it.
However, the conflict continues whilst in Siberia and only is resolved 18 months in.
As for morals again Rask* is the clear choice. Not only does he knows it wrong, he works his way through, why it would be acceptible to carry out the crime. He rationalises that the end justifies the means.....but how sttrange that whenever he works through his thinking he enters into a fever. A spirit takes over him, his eyes stare, people believe him to be possessed. He himself acknowledges that his thoughts are flawed.
He is one of the worls great immoral characters. His nihiistic viewpoint ( which Dost* positions as being taken up by the young men as a panacea for all evils) does not sit with his belief in his self, his family, the achievement required by this educated young man to make a success in the world.
Anyway, the great issue about Crime & Punishment is that everyone can take something out of it.
ps. If you haven't read it, read Fathers and Sons (sometimes Fathers and Children) by Turgenev. It gives a dynamic picture of the confrontation of the old way and new way.
Dost* himself based C&P on the engine.
Hope the exam went well.
James
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