Hello Scholars!
Here are some questions for you to consider in your readings:
1. As writers you should consider the role the color yellow plays in the novel. (If you were writing a novel or a short story when, where, and what color(s) would you use and for what purpose?) When does Dostoevsky use the color? Why does he use that particular color? (Could it be that the color yellow was considered by many to be the color of disease and illness?)
2. Consider the role that painters and paint play in the novel. Have you noticed how often paint figures in the story? Again, thinking as writers, when does Dostoevksy
use the motif of paint and painters in the story? Think in terms of metaphor: what does paint do? When do you paint? Why do you paint? What symbolism does this carry regarding Raskolnilov?
There will be some information regarding utiliarianism, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham and Friedrich Hegel which will shed some light on Raskolnikov's inner monologue and the conversation he overhears between the student and the officer in the tavern regarding the pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna. Stay tuned!
Here are some questions for you to consider in your readings:
1. As writers you should consider the role the color yellow plays in the novel. (If you were writing a novel or a short story when, where, and what color(s) would you use and for what purpose?) When does Dostoevsky use the color? Why does he use that particular color? (Could it be that the color yellow was considered by many to be the color of disease and illness?)
2. Consider the role that painters and paint play in the novel. Have you noticed how often paint figures in the story? Again, thinking as writers, when does Dostoevksy
use the motif of paint and painters in the story? Think in terms of metaphor: what does paint do? When do you paint? Why do you paint? What symbolism does this carry regarding Raskolnilov?
There will be some information regarding utiliarianism, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham and Friedrich Hegel which will shed some light on Raskolnikov's inner monologue and the conversation he overhears between the student and the officer in the tavern regarding the pawnbroker, Alyona Ivanovna. Stay tuned!
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