Monday, January 14, 2008

Crime and Punishment

-Alonya and Lizaveta dying (Raskolnikov's personal first hand experience with death: he confesses his part in it, but only after an internal struggle to find his purpose; whether it be superhuman and a transcendent of law or a simple man.
-Death of the mare (fear of death or the creating of death because of its brutality)
-"a feeling akin to that of a dead man upon suddenly receiving his pardon" (whether death is feared or not, there is always an element of relief when it is avoided)
-Svidrigailov seeing the ghost of his dead wife (death as something that haunts those who are still alive when the death was caused by those still living)
-Raising of Lazarus (individuals like Sonya who have the ability to stop unnecessary death)
-Katerina's death (example of delirium before death and the hysterics proceeding the end)

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