(367 words) Work on the novel Crime and Punishment was painstaking: it took the writer six years to ponder the plot and the main idea. The novel of Fyodor Mikhailovich is an occasion for reflection on many social problems. All of them are expressed in the image of Rodion Raskolnikov, the protagonist of the book. About his character and worth talking in more detail.
The young man had brown dark hair and no less dark eyes, which symbolized his dark nature. Raskolnikov looks like a sickly man wearing worn old clothes. Fyodor Mikhailovich characterizes the hero gradually: first he seems to us externally, then we penetrate the depths of his thoughts and can analyze his character. Being a reserved person, rarely expressing feelings, Rodion is protected from society, referring to his alleged employment. In fact, all his work is concentrated in his head, making him lazy and passive from the outside. Indifference flaunts his proud and arrogant essence, over which poverty does not rule. Against this background, it seems that Raskolnikov is arrogant and proud. His education and writing talent was noted by the investigator Porfiry Petrovich, although he also called Raskolnikov a scoundrel.
However, the main character has a number of positive features discovered by Sonya Marmeladova. One of them is the kindness that distinguishes not only Rodion, but also his sister Dunya. Rodion does not spare money for those in need, even if he himself is one: he has repeatedly helped Sonia and many other people. Also, the main character has generosity and nobility. At the court, the facts were revealed that he had taken out two children from the fire, and he himself had been burned.
Rodion Raskolnikov’s characterization is complemented by his ideas generated by pride and poverty. Influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, the protagonist forms in his head the idea of dividing people into two groups: “trembling creatures”, ordinary people, and “right having,” that is, those who are gifted with talents, who are outstanding personalities. They are all allowed. By referring himself to the “eligible elders” who are not limited by the rules and laws, Raskolnikov commits the murder of an unfortunate old woman-percent. Internal confidence is replaced by a voice of conscience, which was the punishment for the protagonist.
It is also noticeable that in Raskolnikov two different personalities coexist, which in turn occupy the head of the hero. One of them is kind and bright, she also defeated the dark essence in the epilogue. The other - arrogant, angry and proud - the one who is responsible for the death of the old woman and her sister. This is due to the fact that Dostoevsky considered the human soul a testing ground for the battle of God and the devil.
