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Poor brilliant student in Crime and Punishment who reasons that killing a disliked pawnbroker can found his greatness.
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Raskolnikov
Poor brilliant student in Crime and Punishment who reasons that killing a disliked pawnbroker can found his greatness.
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diagnosis
Raskolnikov's theory is a reasoned lawgiver doctrine: the strong who dare most become right in others' eyes, but Dostoevsky shows this reasoning violates the heart.
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Jiang says Nietzsche and Freud later read Crime and Punishment in their own ways, with Nietzsche seeing Raskolnikov's failure as insufficient belief in his own theory rather than the theory's falsity.
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Jiang says Raskolnikov's misery resembles Achilles after killing Hector: reasoned vengeance or greatness does not bring catharsis because truth is in the heart, not reason.
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"It has to do with a man, Raskolnikov. He's young. He's brilliant. He's a university student. But he's poor. And he decides that in..."
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"...God. So at a bar at the beginning of the novel. Raskolnikov meets a middle -aged man who's a drunk. He's an alcoholic. Named..."
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"Right. And then. He meets. Sonya. Who. Again. Is. Marmoladov's. Daughter. And he. And he confesses to her. What he's done. And not only..."
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"...Heart. Conflict. The. Heart. Will. Triumph. And. This. Can. Only. Lead. Raskolnikov. Into. Misery. Also. What. Happen. Is. That. Very. Important. Thinkers. Like. Friedrich...."
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"Death. Of. His. Friend. Patroclus. And. Swore. Vengeance. Against. Hector. And. Then. He. Killed. Hector. And. Then. He. Started. To. Mutilate. Hector's. Body. And...."
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"Of. His. Misery. Is. His. Weakness. Okay. He. Killed. The. Lady. And. He. Felt. Regret. For. Doing. It. So. This. Proves. He's. Not. Great...."
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"...very important for us to understand Orthodox Christianity. He says to Raskolnikov. Why am I to be pitied you say? Yes. There's nothing to..."
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"...discussing this a lot. As we move. On. Okay. So. Here. Raskolnikov. He's killed. The old lady. He's stolen her money. But now. He..."
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"...Of. The. Crime. And. At. This. Point. You. Would. Think. That. Raskolnikov. Is. Now. Happy. He's. Now. Free. To. Do. Whatever. He. Wants. This...."
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