Jolai Michel
Crime & Punishment Essay
May 23, 2012
Dostoyevsky in his novel, Crime and Punishment, introduces the reader to the main
character, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Throughout the entire novel, Rodion suffers; he
suffers mentally, physically, and emotionally. Often, he is the very reason why he suffers.
Rodion believes that mankind is naturally separated into extraordinary and ordinary men. It is
soon revealed that he has an inner struggle with this theory of his and fears that it may not apply…
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