Crime and Punishment - Suffering Soul
"There is no one - no on in the whole world now so unhappy as you!" (381). Often, authors impose misery and self sacrifice upon their character to give the reader a sense of sympathy for those characters. After all, who would care about a hero who has everything going for him? Oddly enough, there is something attractive about a monk traveling the countryside, doing good deeds and starving. Mercilessly, authors mold their characters into such monks, dragging them through economically unstable times and selfless deeds. Playing on man's perverse fascination, Doestoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment, makes the reader care for the main character, Raskolnikov, through his mortal torment and charitable acts. First, the reader gains sympathy for Raskolnikov as he observes the suffering this character goes through. Raskolnikov only has the money his mother sends him. Furthermore, he is so poorly dressed, passersby "might well have taken him for a beggar asking alms in the streets" (109). He cannot pay for his apartment and has no money for food. * This desperation le
Later, as the charitable side of Raskolnikov is exposed, this concern gains momentum. * Taking a drunk home, Raskolnikov sees the horrible conditions of his home and family. Their circumstance horrible, Marmeladov's daughter, * Sonia, is forced to be a prostitute. On his way out, the kind-heated figure leaves money "unnoticed on the window" (24). Benevolence gains sympathy. If a character cares only about his own well-being, the character repulses by the character. Raskolnikov, on the other hand, is giving even in his poorness. In the reader's eye, this benevolence creates an aura of "Holy-Ascetic" about Raskolnikov. Deference is the most attractive feature in a character. When his sister, Dunia, comes to him, she brings the news that she will marry the aristocrat, Mr. Luzhin. Raskolnikov objects to the fact that his mother is "sacrificing her daughter to her son" (213). Once again, the main character's high morals attract compaction. The reader knows that if Dunia marries Luzhin, all of Raskolnikov's problems will be solved. However, Raskolnikov refused to "sacrif
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