Crime and punishment
Dostoevsky uses the novel Crime and Punishment to depict the prejudices in society, and to show the world what they are doing by judging a person by their societal status. Why should the cold world tell us if we are good or bad based on how we appear to people who don’t know us? The characters Dostoevsky creates to show us what are minds are trained to do are the saintly prostitute Sonia, and the man with “two posts in the government” (31) and a fortune; well-to-do Pyotr Petrovitch. The woman who society has deemed immoral is the Christian angle of the heavens, and the man who was called a leader of the people has morals not unlike the Devil himself. Sonia is first and foremost the symbol of this Christian ideal held so dear by people of faith. Her characterization depicts her as flawless and unerring in virtue. Though slightly unbelievable she serves a valuable function in the novel as the Christian ideal which the behavior and virtue of every other character in the
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Approximate Word count = 661
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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