Open AccessRaskol’nikov – the Unrepentant Sinner
Author(s) -
Jan Brodal
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
poljarnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1890-9671
pISSN - 1500-7502
DOI - 10.7557/6.1329
Subject(s) - hero , humility , ideal (ethics) , punishment (psychology) , exponent , mathematics , philosophy , art , theology , psychology , literature , social psychology , epistemology , linguistics
This paper explores the hero of Crime and Punishment and argues that Raskol’nikov is not an exponent of Dostoevskij's famous ideal of smirenie or humility – rather the opposite