Abstract
This paper seeks to explain the characterization of Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. It makes the argument that Raskolnikov exemplifies the inexhaustible depth of the human consciousness, the quest for self-understanding, and the radical schism of the psyche which Dostoevsky wrote about in other works such as Notes From Underground. Contrasting Crime and Punishment with Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, this paper concludes that Conrad's main character Marlow loses himself in the schism and that Raskolnikov finds peace through confession and repentance.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Joshua
(2015)
"The Crisis of Self-Understanding in Dostoevsky,"
The Kabod: Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/kabod/vol1/iss2/6