In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Crime and Punishment, suffering is an integral part of every introduced character's role. However, the message that Dostoevsky wants to present with the main character, Raskolnikov, is not one of the Christian idea of salvation through suffering. The pain Raskolnikov experiences is pangs of either physical or mental anxiety. In owing his landlord money, he is revolted at the thought of having to make excuses to her. Raskolnikov's has a sort of social phobia entailing fear of standing out in a crowd. In trying to appear inconspicuous, he actually draws more a
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