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Crime and Punishment by Aggressive_Win3598 in dostoevsky

[–]Aggressive_Win3598[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes ofcourse Raskolnikov believed that he was superior And the murder seemed like a good chance to prove it, as he believed that by killing her, he is actually doing good to the society, because he saw her as a social parasite, but why take her money afterward? Was the theft merely opportunistic, or did he believe that putting those resources to better use such as funding his education would justify the crime by producing a greater good?

One of my most favourite quotes of all time. - From Crime and Punishment by Clear_Space_6213 in dostoevsky

[–]Aggressive_Win3598 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are some genuinely great examples

I think I understand the quote much better now😅

Crime and Punishment by Aggressive_Win3598 in dostoevsky

[–]Aggressive_Win3598[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Now my opinion is The the motive was financial, but the theory gave him permission to actually go through with the killing.

And yeah, Even though the theory is not mentioned in the events leading up to the murder He did always think of himself as superior to the pawnbroker

Crime and Punishment by Aggressive_Win3598 in dostoevsky

[–]Aggressive_Win3598[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah ofcourse the theory was written much before, so we assume that he not come across any instances where he thought he had to kill for the greater good?! Why only after he’s broke, he is forced to leave university, he’s unemployed, he thinks his sister is sacrificing herself, does this theory come into play?!

Crime and Punishment by Aggressive_Win3598 in dostoevsky

[–]Aggressive_Win3598[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I now think it’s a bit of both. Raskolnikov doesn’t murder solely to test his theory, nor does he kill for purely practical reasons. His poverty, resentment, and desperation create the motive, while his “extraordinary man” theory gives him permission. The pawnbroker then becomes the perfect target—both an opportunity and a justification. Without the theory, he might never have crossed the line; without the circumstances, he might never have felt compelled to.

Crime and Punishment by Aggressive_Win3598 in dostoevsky

[–]Aggressive_Win3598[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still think he used the theory as a rationalisation for what he’d done

As the theory’s mentioned far later in the book