Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the main character, whose name is Raskolnikov, commits a punishable crime, and endeavors the consequences. The main point of the book is to show that any time you do something that precedes punishment, you will most likely feel guilty about it afterwards. This is shown when a detective and Raskolnikov’s brother-in-law, Luzhin, discuss the murders, and he loses his mind. Another example would be at the beginning of Part Two, after he commits

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, published in 1864, is a novel revealing the thoughts of a fictional character, that is, the narrator, or the “Underground man,” but at the same time, it is a reflection of Dostoyevsky’s ideas. In this novel, there is an exploration of various themes and most importantly, with regards to the scope of this paper: consciousness and free will. The ideas Dostoyevsky conveys in this text are more easily comparable to other thinkers and their ideas, namely, Kant

Throughout his tenure, Fyodor Dostoyevsky frequently explored the elaborate and pressing questions of “where is Russia going? and what is to be done about Russia?” through the “[creation of] landscapes that reverberate[d] with these questions” (Stanton and Hardy). Typically writing in the capacity of a quasi-pundit, Dostoyevsky’s writings often examined and critiqued the excessively turbulent Russian society of the late nineteenth century through his portrayal of several underlying themes that proliferated

In his poem, “The Grand inquisitor,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky uses his story of two brothers, Ivan Karamazov and Alyosha Karamazov to discuss religion and the existence, or lack thereof, of a benevolent God. What really struck me about Dostoyevsky was his ability to use Ivan’s questioning as a means to foster thought in his audience. Personally, I had a few moments of sublimity as I pondered my own religion and how these unanswerable questions played in my religion. I also really appreciated how Dostoyevsky’s

Crime and Punishment is a literary achievement in philosophical fiction that was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born November 11, 1821 in Moscow, Russia. Fyodor is arguably one of the best literary psychologists with such works such as Crime and Punishment which explores loosely the philosophical theory of existentialism. Existentialism “emphasizes the existence of each individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will”

of this genre was a Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky or not. Though he is best known for his other novels, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov, this text offers a take on characters of his fascinating short novel The Gambler which was written in 1866. Two topics are woven within the zealously intricated storyline. The one is desperate longing for a distant woman and the another one is a passion for gambling that Dostoyevsky himself at the time was struggling

century. However, I did not realize how much of the novel was based off Fyodor Dostoevsky’s personal life. Dostoyevsky grew up in isolation, in one of the worst parts of Russia. This developed my understanding of Raskolnikov’s tendency to isolate himself from those around him throughout the novel. This is evident through his failure to provide for his family. It also gave me an insight into the inspiration behind Dostoyevsky writing about a character crushed by poverty, as he would have a personal

Crime And Punishment, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is a third person omniscient novel, reaching peak popularity in the 1860’s. Dostoyevsky wrote about a man named Raskolnikov, holding multiple thoughts, followed by uneasy actions. As he follows through with his actions, pertaining to the murders, he must also face his conscience, alongside the belief that what he did was right but under other circumstances he knew was wrong. Raskolnikov also faces other characters throughout the book, who he either

The Underground Man is alone because he has chosen to be; he is hyper-conscious, meaning he is too aware and over analyses everything – his biggest worries are petty compared to what is going around him. As a society, we worry so much about ourselves and our own persona, we sometimes become paranoid. A perfect example is given when the Underground Man is on the verge of having dinner with his old comrades and he notices a stain on his trousers “The worst of it was that on the knee of my trousers

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short story writer that discussed the psychological state of the human soul in many of his works, one in particular is Notes from the Underground; which was published in 1864. Notes from the Underground, had a great influence in the 20th century; the novel takes a man’s inability to communicate with society and uses it to teach readers about the importance of other humans in our daily lives and how that affects the way we think