![]() ![]() A brief analysis of the various ideas will partly show what aspect of the theories are borrowed and what aspects are the result of Raskolnikov's own thinking. ![]() Such an incomplete understanding of his own thoughts and such contradictory statements are the rationale that leads Raskolnikov to the possibility of redemption. For example, a typical contradiction would be that Raskolnikov will at one time maintain that the murder was committed to benefit mankind, but then he will maintain that the extraordinary man must be above mankind and not be concerned with what mankind will think of him. Dostoevsky wanted to show the young intellectual being influenced by various theories and then using these theories before he had had a chance to analyze them. Raskolnikov had to commit the murder before he had completely formulated the theory. If the theories seem to be contradictory at times, it is not a result of Dostoevsky's carelessness quite the contrary, Dostoevsky intentionally made the theory contradictory at times. If one is to assume that the crime was committed in order to prove a theory, then the flaws in the crime indicate the flaws or incompleteness of the theory. Raskolnikov's theories about the ordinary man versus the extraordinary man are often blurred and indistinct in his own mind. The Ubermensch or Extraordinary Man Theories.The Redemptive Characters: Sonya and Porfiry.Raskolnikov: A Dual or Split Personality. ![]()
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