CRIME and PUNISHMENT ESSAYS
1. MARMELADOV: Part 1; Chapter 2; pages 8 - 23
Analysis of the character of Marmeladov and the motif of "no where to turn".
2. THE UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE: Part 1, Chapter 4; pages 39 - 43
Analysis of the underage prostitute and the failure of the Utilitarian Theory. This scene
also shows the irreconcilable schism in Raskolnikov's personality between the intellect and
emotion, which deflates the argument of the Hegelian Dialectic: A thesis generates its anti
thesis until the thesis and its anti-thesis create a synthesis between the two.
3. THE BEATING of the MARE: Part 1, Chapter 5; pages 46 - 50
Analysis of Raskolnikov's nightmare of the torturing and killing of the mare. How each com-
ponent of the dream - the mare, the little boy, the drunken owner, the little boy's father - may be
an aspect of Raskolnikov.
4. THE SOLDIER and THE STUDENT; Part 1; Chapter 6; pages 53 - 57
Analysis of the scene in the tavern where Raskolnikov overhears the two young men
discussing the murder of the old pawnbroker. Relate this to the Utilitarian
Theory that one can use a mathematical formula to determine and guarantee a society's happiness:
the happiness of the many can be gained at the expense of the few. There are also elements in this
scene which relate to Raskolnikov's growing superstitions regarding the signs and omens he
sees exhorting him to take the bold step.
Analysis of the character of Marmeladov and the motif of "no where to turn".
2. THE UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE: Part 1, Chapter 4; pages 39 - 43
Analysis of the underage prostitute and the failure of the Utilitarian Theory. This scene
also shows the irreconcilable schism in Raskolnikov's personality between the intellect and
emotion, which deflates the argument of the Hegelian Dialectic: A thesis generates its anti
thesis until the thesis and its anti-thesis create a synthesis between the two.
3. THE BEATING of the MARE: Part 1, Chapter 5; pages 46 - 50
Analysis of Raskolnikov's nightmare of the torturing and killing of the mare. How each com-
ponent of the dream - the mare, the little boy, the drunken owner, the little boy's father - may be
an aspect of Raskolnikov.
4. THE SOLDIER and THE STUDENT; Part 1; Chapter 6; pages 53 - 57
Analysis of the scene in the tavern where Raskolnikov overhears the two young men
discussing the murder of the old pawnbroker. Relate this to the Utilitarian
Theory that one can use a mathematical formula to determine and guarantee a society's happiness:
the happiness of the many can be gained at the expense of the few. There are also elements in this
scene which relate to Raskolnikov's growing superstitions regarding the signs and omens he
sees exhorting him to take the bold step.
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