Ms. Bridges' AP English

All of these prompts plus the A.P. prompt are mandatory. To aid you in your reading of Crime and Punishment, you might want to refer to the Crime and Punishment and Dostoevsky links on this blog. Crime and Punishment Essay #1: “No Place to Turn”; page 10 (Norton Edition) Due January 13th on turnitin.com; however, you may turn it in any time before January 13th.  On page ten in CRIME and Punishment, the motif of hopelessness, of “no place to turn” is introduced. The motif of utter spiritual loneliness tolls throughout the passage as Raskolnikov, this strange isolated youth sits in a tavern with a pathetic, broken down old drunk who pours out the sordid details of his life.  Please write a minimum 500 word analysis of how the story of Marmeladov and his daughter is an example of the Utilitarian Theory and of its failure. (Refer to the upload on the blog regarding Mills and Bentham and the “Utilitarian Theory”.) Crime and Punishment Essay #2: “The Motif of Yel...

1. Comparison of the Three Meetings with Porfiry:       Part 3, Chapter 5; pages 210 - 227       Part 4; Chapter 5; pages 280 - 296       Part 6, Chapter 2; pages 378 – 390 2.   Marmeladov's Wake: Part 5, Chapters 2 - 3; pages 319 – 342 3.   Luzhin's betrayal of Sonia: Part 5, Chapter 3; pages 330 - 341 4.    Raskolnikov's Confession to Sonia: Part 5, Chapter 4; pages 342 – 357 5.   Death of Katerina: Part 5, Chapter 5; pages 357 - 359 6.   Dounia tries to Kill Svidrigaelov: Part 6; Chapter 5; pages 408 – 421 7.   Svidrigaelov's Suicide: Part 6, Chapter 6; pages 421 – 433 8.   Raskolnikov Going to Confess: Part 6,     Chapter 8; pages 441 - 450

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     ...

Prompts for CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 1. Read the following except from Dostoevsky’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (pages 47 - 50) in which Raskolnikov, in a feverish state has a deeply disquieting dream. Analyze the excerpt in terms of motif, symbols and imagery which represent the psychological state of Raskolnikov. 2. In a carefully constructed essay, examine the motif of delirium that Dostoevsky uses throughout the story. Note when and how it is used: after Raskolnikov’s commission of the crime, and before Svidrigailov commits suicide. Do these characters’ delirious states support or refute Nietzche’s ideas of the übermensche? Why or why not. Give supporting details from the text. 3. In a carefully constructed essay, examine the fall of Katerina, her illness, her disastrous wake for her husband, her family’s eviction, and the final scene in the street with her children. Does the fall of Katerina prove or disprove the effectiveness of the Utilitarian Theory? Give specific ...

Please keep these questions in mind as you read Crime and Punishment. 1. What concepts of law are prominent in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT? What new legal techniques and psychological methods does Porfiry employ? 2. What concepts of Christianity are prominent in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT? Why does Raskonikov ask Sonya to read the story of Lazarus to him? 3. Discuss the theories by which Raskolnikov considers himself to be an extraordinary man? Why, ultimately, is he not an extraordinary man? 4. What are the Hegelian theory, the Utilitarian theory, and the "Ubermensch" theory and how do these theories figure in the story of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT? Give at least two examples in which these theories are discussed or used in the plot. 5. How might Raskolnikov answer the objection that his theory is only an attempt to justify unrestrained self-will? 6. How is Svidrigaylov shown to represent one aspect of Raskolnikov's character? What repulses Raskolnikov the most about the man? ...