Discussion Questions

Víctor Sánchez

6. In what way(s) are Sonia and Dounia similar characters?

The biggest similarity between Sonya and Dunya is that they are ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their own family, though Dunia doesn´t accept it and Sonya talks with her actions taking all the family on her back.

Sonya sacrifices for the sake of her family by selling her body in order to take money and therefore food to her house that are living in total misery because of his father, but instead of being angry to him, she uses all that feelings and focus them on their family. Although she isn´t an educated girl, she is very novel and merciful, a humble person no matter what. She sacrifices herself every time for every person.

 On the other side there is Dunia  who is sacrificing herself by getting with a wealthy guy, for the sake of her brother, he accept it because of the love she has to her brother Raskolinkov, but she doesn´t accept it.

Dounia and Sonya are both strong and steady, they do whatever has to be done In order to their love ones to be fine.

8. For what reasons does Dounia agree to marry Luzhin? How does Raskolnikov feel about her impending marriage? Why does she eventually break her engagement?

Luzhin is a wealthy lawyer, and he offered Dunia to marry him, because she wanted a wife that was living a bad life so he could give it to her and doesn´t have anything to own her, so it was an arranged marriage where both sides will win something in this case Dunia will have money. She is decided to sacrifice her own happiness so her brother Raskolinkov can continue in law school, where he quit because of the economic situation they were suffering. Here we can see how Dunia is a good-hearted young girl that looks out for her love ones and wants them to have happiness.

Raskolnikov is totally in disagree with this marriage, because he doesn't want to depend on anybody else but himself that´s why he goes to pond things. And in the other side he doesn´t wants his sister with someone she doesn´t love. Here we can see the compassionate side of Raskolinkov. And in one part when Dunia and Raskolinov where fighting about this. He told her that was him or Luzhin making her being between the wall and the sword.

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Víctor Sánchez

5. In what ways are Marmeladov and Raskolnikov alike? One of the themes of this novel is that through love and forgiveness, a man can be rehabilitated or reborn. In what way(s) does the character of Marmeladov help to illustrate this theme?

Marmeladov and Raskolinkov are very similar in many different ways, first of all they are both fighting with the real world, with the lack of work, the different social classes and with the thing that their families are suffering. They are both fighting with their own demons. They both are poor, they were wealthy in a moment but then they lost everything. Raskolinkov was a student but then he dropped out because of the economic situation his family suffer and now he is selling and pond his things to have money. In the other way Marmeladov has lost everything because of the alcohol, his job and mainly the respect of his own family.   Raskolnikov does not work, he also receives all his money from his mother. Another thing it´s that they are very proud they think they can do anything.

Maremladov Illustrates Raskolinkov by showing him the thing he should not do. He tries to show Raskolinkov that all the things he has already done are not to be proud of, that he is still young and has a future to live.

And he expose this by showing how he is gratefull with Sonya and Katerina for what they are doing to give his family the opportunity to keep fighting. And he accepts that everything is his fault, he is a nice man that recognizes the reality of the things. He feels totally guilty and it´s really regretful. And he also says that he will have the forgivness og god in the doors of heaven.

Written Task 2; prescribed questions

1. How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers?


2.  If the text had been written in a different time or place or language or for a different audience, how and why might it differ?


3.  How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?



4.  Which social groups are marginalized, excluded or silenced within the text?



5.  How does the text conform to, or deviate from, the conventions of a particular genre, and for what purpose?



6.  How has the text borrowed from other texts, and with what effects?

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no.1: Raskolnikov kills the pawnbroker because he hates her, of course that the fact that he owes her money makes it more complicated but his hate toeards her is what makes him swing that axe. Most of the people would confess that they hate or have hated someone, but kill them in response probably was never in their minds, that makes Raskolnikov especial, not because he is diferent that other people, but because he wants to prove to himself that nobody can treat him like a dog, for him she should be as miserable as him.

no.2:As we know Raskolnikov is never mentally balanced throughout the book, there´s always something bothering him, even before the murder of the pawnbroker, he clearly had a lot of evidence of missing sanity, one example could be the fact that by just meeting the woman he wants to kill her, or his constant disorder in his room, or even the fact that he goes to the bar, i can relate by experience that if a man drinks, it isn´t because he has a happy life, alcohol compensates the lack of euforia, or if you want to call it "happiness".

no.4:I personaly wrote about Razumihin in my essay, and i must admit, i kind of reflect a little of myself in his alternate series of events, as i view it, Razumihin helps Raskolnikov not because he is his dear friend, but because he compensate the evliness within him, his own darkness. Raskolnikov does seem better of a person thanks to Razumihin, and we could see this by acts like when he tells Raskolnikov about his mother money, and makes his pride go a little away, or how Raskolnikov finds sort of good that Razumihin likes the housekeeper, we could even say that when he helps him recover while sleeping, gives us a view that Raskolnikov enough good to have friends that worry for him.

What is Raskolnikov’s motive for killing the pawnbroker?

Raskolnikov does it mainly because he feels this need to prove everybody his superiority, his superiority over all humans, he takes proud on this , so he feels that he must prove it to everybody. He also does it, because he can imagine that society would be better without her, he also heard a conversation of a student and an officer talking about how the woman was terrible, and that the world would be much better without her. 

Raskolnikov, sees himself as a kind of Superman, and his duty to change the world to his resemblance

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One moment where it is really clear that Razumikhin serves as a way to make us feel empathy for Raskolnikov is when Raskolnikov is feeling ill and tells Luzhian to leave and then proceeds to tell the same to both Razumikhin and the doctor, but Razumikhin’s immediate reaction and future actions as well tell us that Razumikhin feels bad for Raskolnikov, so what Dostoyevsky does with these use of Razumikhin is to use him as a way to identify with a Raskolnikov when He is having an attitude that makes it hard to make the reader feel identified with him so when these happens Razumikhin is the character we can see through so we can see what Raskolnikov feels.

Other way that Razumikhin helps to develop Raskolnikov is that he serves as a way to incorporate Raskolnikov to society (one example is the fact that he invites Raskolnikov to the party and introduces him to the doctor) and demonstrate that Raskolnikov is capable of at least a little of human interaction.

The importance of Razumikhin relies heavily on the actions of Raskolnikov so for example if Razumikhin invited Raskolnikov to the party the importance of that fact is not the fact by itself but the action that Raskolnikov does next (not going and why).

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In what ways are Dunya and Sonya similar?

They both are stereotypes girls of that time; due to the poberty they're going through, they decided to choose an alternative to support their family; somehow they are working not for them but others. Dunya applies this by engaging with a well-balanced economy man, Luzhin. In the other hand, Sonya prostitutes herself to get some money. A second characteristic they both share is that they are physically and emotionally beautiful girls, which hadn't had a good future thanks to their social position and economical power. They are the kind of girls that engage with someone with a higher position so that they can live with better conditions. More than anything, they care about others and seek wellness for their family and give them a better life, so that they can progress, keep looking forward for new opportunities and stability.

When Sonya was first introduced in Crime and Punishment, she had a very enigmatic way about her. Sonya was first a Christian who turned to prostitution as the only solution to rectify her family’s adverse financial state. So the similarities between Sonya and Dunya is that they both made sacrifices for their families. They obtained degrading jobs in order to earn a living while they simultaneously endured great shame. Although both women had strong and selfless attributes, Raskolniknov admired Sonya more than he did his own sister.

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Alex Discussion and Essay Question

1. What is Raskolnikov’s motive for killing the pawnbroker?

Raskolnivok’s thought throughout the book is explained in the third part of the book, when Porfiry and Raskolnikov have a conversation on his theory about humanity. The latter has the theory that in order to survive, humanity needs special people that push it forward, from an ideological, physical, and moral perspective in many different points on its history. Like Napoleon once did, or like Marx did on the past. In order to be a part of this group of people, like Rodya thinks he actually is, he needs to prove that he is not only capable to take such daring decisions, but also to avoid any remorse that the decision could cause as fallout. The murder of the pawnbroker was to Raskolnikov nothing short than an act of boldness to prove to himself that he has the potential and ability to push humanity forward. The theory ends in the appliance of human law being not applicable towards these type of human beings, including the non-legal ones that reign over us. Apart from the law, which Raskolnikov avoids always, he tries to be devoid of any human emotions and ideas that distinguish normal from extraordinary people. His constant fight with himself and his guilt isn´t a sole battle on paper about if what he did was for justice, but also a constant fight for his self-proclaimed status as leader of the human race. 

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5. In what ways are Marmeladov and Raskolnikov alike? One of the themes of this novel is that through love and forgiveness, a man can be rehabilitated or reborn. In what way(s) does the character of Marmeladov help to illustrate this theme?

 Marmeladov and Raskolnikove have some similarities, the first one, and in my opinion the most important one, is the proud-hearted person. They both come from humbles beginnings, they don't  have enough money to spend or to give away, but they make exactly all the things they shouldn't with their money, meanwhile Marmelodov has a drinking problem and it is in bars where they spend all his money the one that is supposed to me spend in his family needs. Raskolnikove does not work, he is a former student who receives all his money from his mother, but he is really proud, in moments where de has no money to spend he decides to throw away what people give to him because he is to proud-hearted. When he receives money, from things he pond, or from the pension of his mother, he decides to give it away to the people who needed the most, without even considering that he is a poor person who needs that money. He gives it away to that drunk girl and to the family of Marmeladov after his death. Both characters act as something they are not, they pretend to have a lot and they believe in there mind this is true, since they never consider how the might use the money for themselves.

Marmeladov, helps illustrate this characteristic in Raskolnikove by showing an extreme situation, one where his decision not only affects him but an entire family, making us look at the main character as a person who waist a lot of benefits given to him. 

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8. For what reasons does Dunia agrees to marry Luzhin? How does Raskolnikov feel about her impending marriage? 

In part 1, Raskolnikov received a letter from Pulcheria, his mother, were she mentions that Dunya, Raskolnikov’s sister, decided to accept marriage proposal from a lawyer named Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin. Apparently Dunya decided to sacrifice her own happiness by marrying this man, mainly because of his money. Pulcheria and Dunya didn't have any money, and they wanted Raskolnikov to continue with law school. Dunya’s intentions were for her family, instead of thinking in herself, this shows compassion and sweetness from Dunya’s character.

Also Luzhin offered to marry her, because he wanted a wife who has suffered poverty and someone who has no goods, so that he will not be in debt with her. He doesn't love her, that it's why this is an arranged marriage, in which both sides will be beneficiaries. 

Raskolnikov is totally in disagree with this marriage, because he doesn't want to be dependent on her sister and a stranger. They constantly fight about this in the book, and Raskolnikov argues about Luzhin’s arrogance and selfishness. There was a specific passage in the book were Raskolnikov asks Dunya to choose between him and Luzhin, because he doesn't want her to become ignoble. However in Part 3, Raskolnikov desists and tells Dunya “Marry whoever you want!”

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Question 1

1. Raskolnikov's motive for killing the pawnbroker has many impulses or main causes. One thing pointing out is the motive to take revenge, to get rid of a being that is nasty to him and is never helpful or cares about the things he brings to obtain money, for him implying every sacrifice to get it and ending with her not valuing it at all. Other motive is the necessity, the necessity to satisfy his desire of finally finishing something for the good of him, to finally not sacrifice himself to pay off a really bad and vile being to him, he thinks she doesn't deserve to require more money from him and doesn't need to consider everything he brings a thing that may be of value according to the quality. Finally, a possible motive can be the necessity to exterminate a being from society that nobody likes because from the conversation of two random people about her on the outside world, he thinks that the world would be better off without her and, although in doubt at first about his decision, he now feels it's the right time to do a favor to everyone around him: Getting rid of a pawnbroker so mean spirited and cruel about her money so everyone can live in peace. What Raskolnikov feared after killing her,however, were the consequences that the motives couldn't justify reasonably and chose to hide and act strange due to his guilt.

4. Some critics believe that the character Razumihin serves to increase a reader’s sympathy for Raskolnikov by helping to present him as a worthwhile man, even though he is a murderer. Cite incidents from the story to support this idea.

The presence of Razumihin helps us sympathize with Raskolnikov by showing him as his best friend without a doubt. A best friend won't talk bad about the other guy, in this case Raskolnikov, so whenever we see Razumuhin we try to understand Raskolnikov's situation, as if he was our friend.
A scene where we can create this empathy with Raskolnikov with Razumihin's help is when he feels really sick and has Razumihin taking care of him the whole time. In that time they spend together they talk a lot, and we realize about the way Raskolnikov reacts among other people.
Even though Razumihin doesn't know for sure that Raskolnikov is the one guilty of the murder, he suspects it and tries to show the goodness of Raskolnikov, hiding the possibility of him killing the pawnbroker.
In other scene, when Raskolnikov keeps feeling bad and his family (Dounia and Pulcheria) arrives, he acts really rude and the one responsible of controlling him and creating a better image of him by telling the women that Raskolnikov had been feeling really bad and had had some terrible events in the recent past is Razumihin, with a bit of personal interest because he's crazy for Dounia. It doesn't matter the reason, Razumihin shows us the better of Raskolnikov throughout the story.

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Alejandro Ángeles

1. What is Raskolnikov’s motive for killing the pawnbroker?

Raskolnikov was deep in debt, he needed to get out of it quickly. Rodyon thought that if he killed the pawnbroker all of his problems would be gone.

Based on the last paragraph, we may consider desperation as the biggest motive behind his actions, but by the way Raskolnikov talked about the old lady, we could think he hated her. Hate could be a motive, but an unlikely one.

Lastly, Raskolnikov dreamed with killing the pawnbroker; his dream was so vivid that it made him feel that his destiny was to kill the lady. Because this dream made up his mind at last, “destiny” should be considered the motive.

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Question 1

Raskolnikov has many different motives to kill the pawnbroker. But I will only talk about one. Im going to talk about Raskolnikov's theory about extraordinary and ordinary men.

He talks about how there are two types of men in the world extraordinary and ordinary. Ordinary men are just normal people that has to follow the law because they dont have the capacity to see what has to be done to be better. Then there is extraordinary men. Raskolnikov says that there are few extraordinary men in eache generation, and he says that this men should have the right to go above the law because they know what needs to be done to help civillization evolve.

This is one of Raskolnikov's motives because he thinks that he is an extraordinary man. Then he thinks that the old pawnbroker has to die and he decides to do it because according to his theory he has the right to do it becausw he is above the law.

How to Write a Rationale for the IB

Short and sweet...

Paragraph 1: what were you trying to do (tone, purpose, audience to reach?)

Paragraph 2: How did you try to do that...give examples from your piece.

Paragraph 3: How did you connect to your topic option?

Example--

I wrote an opinion column about the Bush presidency for a high level newspaper in the States. It was written with an ironic tone and hopes to address an intellectual audience of adults.

In my article I tried to use adult humor and verbal irony with phrase like "___________________" and "_______________". I tried as well to use a sophisticated level of vocabulary with word choices like "___________________________ and "____________________" finally I tried to use complex structures like one might see in a higher level publication such as The New York Times with sentences like "_________________________" and "___________________________". Using these elements I feel I reached my purpose set out in the task.

This task addresses the topic option of Media and Culture and specially addresses the topic of the abuse of power. I chose an opinion article to do this because I felt that in this way I could best express what I learned from the topics we studied in this unit and how I feel about them.

Crime and Punishment Questions for Essay and Discussion

1. What is Raskolnikov’s motive for killing the pawnbroker?

2. Relate the details of Raskolnikov’s crime. What evidence is there that Raskolnikov is mentally unbalanced at the time he commits the murders?

3. List two techniques Porfiry uses to interrogate Raskolnikov and uncover evidence against him. To what extent is he successful?

4. Some critics believe that the character Razumihin serves to increase a reader’s sympathy for Raskolnikov by helping to present him as a worthwhile man, even though he is a murderer. Cite incidents from the story to support this idea.

5. In what ways are Marmeladov and Raskolnikov alike? One of the themes of this novel is that through love and forgiveness, a man can be rehabilitated or reborn. In what way(s) does the character of Marmeladov help to illustrate this theme?

6. In what way(s) are Sonia and Dounia similar characters?

7. Both Svidrigailov and Luzhin are described by some critics as representing the evil side of man. Cite incidents from the story to discuss the extent to which you agree with this idea. In your opinion, which man represents the greater evil?

8. For what reasons does Dounia agree to marry Luzhin? How does Raskolnikov feel about her impending marriage? Why does she eventually break her engagement?

9.  Cite two instances from the story supporting Raskolnikov’s belief that fate or providence are helping him to carry out his plan to murder the pawnbroker.

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Part 3 Questions

How does Dostoyevsky archive and sustain the suspense on his novel? How does he use description to enhance the turmoil in Roskolnikov's mind?

First of all one of the techniques that Dostoyevsky uses, is that we only see what he wants us to see, he plays with our minds and makes us feel like if we were Raskolinkov, we know all his feelings, all the things he is doing, and more important what he is thinking, etc. Dostoyevsky in my opinion wants us to feel identified with Raskolinkov and in some way feel himself. Thanks to this, we the readers want to know more about this egocentric and different character. He describes perfectly all the scenes in the novel, and uses the stream of conciusness type of narrator.

Compare the major female characters: Sonya, Dunya, Katerina Ivanovna. Do you think they are well-rounded characters or stereotypes? How does each figure in Roskolnikov's actions?

In my opinion Sonya and Dunya are characters well rounded because they care about their family and Roskolinkov, they do a lot of things in other to help the people they care about.

In the other way, Katerina Ivanovna is a character full of stereotypes because the reality is that she is really poor but she always tries to convince others that she comes from an aristocrat family. Another thing is that she is always trying to have the attention of other by pretending she is the leader of her family, always complaining.

1. How does Dostoevsky achieve and sustain the suspense in his novel? Which scenes strike you as being particularly suspenseful? How does he use description to enhance the turmoil in Raskolnikov's mind? 

 Dostoevsky achieves suspense in Crime and Punishment through quick-paced thoughts and actions of the characters.He kind of what's to make us feel like Raskolnikov is going to confess, to the police, Dostoevsky makes us believe that Raskolnikov is going to confess immediately the morning after the murder. Dostoevsky creates situations in which he makes feel the reader that he they should act in a certain way, to do something that anyone will think of doing.

 3. Compare the characters of Raskolnikov, Luzhin, and Svidrigailov. How is each of these men a "villain," and to what extent are they guilty? How does each man face his guilt, and how does each suffer for it? 

 Raskolnikov because of the murder he committed, and also because of his coldness, with everyone, specially with the ones he's close to. He faces his guilt by thinking about the outcome if he confesses his murder, but always stops this thought.

 Luzhin because he only wants to marry a beautiful intelligent poor woman so that he can take care economically over her, and that because of that she will be so grateful that she'll do anything for Luzhin. He faces his guilt by giving people money so that they'll like him, but in the end nobody cares about him, only for his money.

 Svidrigailov, his only downfall is that he belie that he can own Dunya's love. but as he can't, he faces this by living in isolation and even thinking about suicide.

Guilt of Raskolnikov

Inside Raskolnikov mind theres a sense of guilt by the murder of the two woman, however this isnt a regular guilt but, a guilt that goes to the point of comfusing the readers. Raskolnikov would probably do the murder again if he wanted, still, his delicate state of mind would constantly breake, the paranoia and the regular feeling of him getting chased down like an animal is comparible to aman with a drinking problem, the man will always try to drink, but his foolishness will always make him regret actions provoqued by the act of drinking, just like with Raskolnikov.

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Discussion Questions.  

Question 4

Sonya is a timid, quiet and easy embarrassed person, but she is also devout and devoted to her family. She prostitutes herself and sacrifices to maintain her family.

Dunya is Raskolnikov's sister and she is so beautiful, she wants to marriage with a high social class guy named Luzhin to help her brother in his economical balance in contrast to Sonya.

Katerina Ivanovna is the consumptive wife of Marmeladov. Her serious illness gives her flushed cheeks and a persistent, bloody cough. She is very proud and repeatedly declares her aristocratic heritage compared to Dunya and Sonya.

They are stereotypes of that time. They all are physically and emotionally beautiful girls, which hadn't had a good future thanks to their social position and economical power. They are the kind of girls that engage with someone with higher position so that they can live with better conditions. Dunya and Sonya are more this kind of girls, Katerina Ivanovna is different. Because she marriages Marmeladov that was poor and her aristocracy came down because her social position became lower.

Dunya is about to marry Luzhin and this affects Raskolnikov temper when he got angry and his turns furious, because he doesn't want Luzhin as his sister's husband. Raskolnikov feels pity about Katerina because Marmeladov died and she has to sustain her daughters, so Raskolnikov gave away his money and this is when we see compassion on Raskolnikov. Raskolnikov is not influenced by Sonia, she is grateful because of what he did for Marmeladov when he had the accident. Raskolnikov feels sorry for her and this compassion makes him a sentimental person.

These girls influence him in the way he regrets for the things he feels guilty about.

Question 5

I think Dostoyevsky wanted to convey a universal concept of CRIME trhough a well-complex character that is almost a psycho. Raskolnikov was decided to murder Alyona and consequently Lizaveta, he remains convinced that the murder of the pawnbroker was justified. But punishment appears in this story when he tortures himself with the idea that he is going to be caught up and that someone might suspect of him. So to carry out the plot it was necessary to choose an insane, dramatic and a dual character that is about to confess because he is tormented of this idea of guilt. He demonstrate this by fainting and storming out when the conversation of the murder is discussed, so this type of character is very melodramatic to understand better the severity of committing a crime and how that person feels and accept that punishment, that at the same time is found under contrition.


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Gustavo Gallegos

1,5- Raskolnikov’s personality helps create suspense since he is the main character Dostoyevsky’s objective should be (well achieved) to make the reader identity itself with Raskolnikov and since Raskolnikov lives a deep fear and regret within itself then those emotions are transmitted to the reader and thus creates suspense and explains Dostoyevsky’s decision for the way Raskolnikov’s personality is presented.

2- some events in the story depend on probability since we don't really see any character in absolute control of the situations around them. They are completely dependent of either the actions of other characters or pure luck. One big example is Dunya’s marriage, since these event can be affected by the future actions of Raskolnikov, Luzhin and recently Razumikhin neither of these characters are able to have absolute control (or understanding) over the situation around them. Having chance as a big factor makes some events seem forced in as if Dostoyevsky couldn't figure out a way to make some parts of the puzzle fit by themselves. One clear example is the moment Raskolnikov thinks of suicide Marmeladov is hit by a horse thus gaining the attention of Raskolnikov and making him forget the idea of suicide (for that moment)

Cimre and Punishment Discussion Questions

Alejandro Quiroz

1.
Dostoyesvky does achieve the suspense in his novel by the mean of Raskolnikov's thoughts and his reaction to each situation he is put in. The debates in his mind and th overthinking over his confession make of every conversation a stressful experience for the reader and Raskilnikov. The scene in which both Raskolnikov and Dimitri visit Porfiry Petrovich for the first time was a prime example of this usage of description. As Rodya suffers in every question and is constantly reminding himself that he is about to fall in a trap and tempted to confess to him. Dostoyevsky plays with the description in his main character's mind whenever he presents what he has done in the story and how he feels about about it. Making it very efficient in his desplay of Raskolnikov's struggle and punishment to hismself.

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Dostoyevky has created such a complex portrait of psycological behaviour to show in one character the whole funtioning and versatility of the human species and just about how fast we can change from ne extreme to the opposite. To prove his theory of the "superhuman" and how they are supposed to push forward humanity, they must prove it. By the term superhumans, Dostoyesky means to exaggerate human traits in his character whose funtion is to emphazise this. The guilt in which Raskolnikov is able to live with is proof of punishment to every crime we commit, and guilt is the resulting crime to it. Raskolnikov is an exaggeration of humans as in their psycological aspect and shows how unstable the "brightest" of us really are, and demosntrates us that none of us is really safe from it, its just human nature.

Questions

1. Compare the characters of Raskolnikov, Luzhin and Svidrigailov. How is each of these men a "villain" and to what extent are they guilty? How does each man face his guilt and how does each suffer?

R= Raskolnikov is considered a "villain" mainly due to the fact that he committed a crime against society by killing the pawnbroker and her sister and the fact that he's hiding it over a less serious situation or "crime", an I.O.U, is enough to generate him guilt about himself and over what his family may think if he confesses. Even worse is when he decides to run away from society, even his mother and sister, to deal with it alone and tries to apart anyone who has the even slight hint of helping him, even though he sometimes has the need for it but can't have it because of what he did (at least that's what he thinks). Luzhin is a villain because he wants to marry Raskolnikov's sister over a selfish ambition or desire that is to fill her with riches or help her so that she is indebted to him and she does everything he asks for, no matter how he treats her after their wedding. He feels really no guilt whatsoever about what he's doing or his intentions and despises everything or everyone who he feels is intervening on what he considers right for him and for everyone. Finally, Arkady Svidrigailov is a "villain" because his intentions of calming his sexual desires are unrequited and they have to be done the way he wants it or what he does may be unexpected. He may be feeling guilty about chasing another woman after losing his wife and suffers because his sexual desires cannot be satisfied, thus becoming his only burden in life. Each "villain" has a bad intention with another character, mainly female, and goes with everything that goes against his nature to accomplish them.

2. Raskolnikov emerges as a dual character capable of cruelty and compassion, deliberation and recklessness, and altering between a desire for solitude and companionship. Why has Dostoyevsky created such a complex psychological portrait?

R= I think the reason Dostoyevsky created such a psychological behavior or mood to a character like Raskolnikov is to convey an indirect message about how committing a crime and the guilt of not accepting the punishment from that same crime affect how a person is with society normally or with his family even. How the intentions of desire of committing a crime leaves a man with the doubt of whether or not doing it will allow him to continue with his normal life. How if he commits it, his desire will be fulfilled but will leave him with a psychological trauma of himself and guilt of how that person he used to be is gone because of that thing he did that made him change completely in front of everyone who holds him dear and care about him. However, sometimes it can't be all bad for him since he may think that he did things right and offers the same personality of a kind man to everyone and can have the thought that as long as they don't find out everything is alright while in reality his mind is still suffering from it. Dostoyevsky may have wanted to show the world how when the intention of doing something bad is made, the mind begins to mix things up on how to deal with it for himself or herself and how to interact with society with no one knowing completely what he or she did and be left alone, but at the same time longing for company with nobody asking suspicious questions so they don't find out about the dark truth of a compassionate and kind person.

1. How do es Dostoyevsky archive and sustain the suspense on his novel? How does he use descripción to enhace the turmoil in Roskolnikov's mind?

The author gives a omniscient narrator to keep the reader interested in the novel, thru it we get to understand how the characters think, and how close are they are t figured out who is th killer in the book. Another way to keep the readers interested is by dividing the book in parts, in each on we get new clues and a new perspective to the crime, thi way each section is is new. The main character crazyness keeps the reader interested by some part of the book but in a part it gets boring because he is very impulsive and h decisions are very dumb. But b being impulsive h gets unpredictable and this way in scene o tension we don't know what h might do an if he I going to give himself away.

2. Compare the major female characters: , Dunya, Katerina Ivanovna. Doy you think they are well-rounded characters or stereotypes? How does each figure in Roskolnikov's actions?

The main difference between each character is that Sonya is a young girls that has t prostitut herself to sustain her family, she is a independent girl, she is a steryotipes character because we don't kno much about her and what we have know I kin of typical. Dunya has a strong personality but she is not independent sh bealives in the steryotipes so she decides to marry a rich but kin of mean man to give her status, she is also a steryotipes character of what woman hade to b like in that time because even if she is a strong woman she follows the society rules. Katerina Ivanova is a independent old woman the lives from her death husband pension. She is a round character because she has a strong personality and tak manly decisions for th sake of h two children.

5. Im still unsure but i consider he crearse this character this way because he santa to reflect the internal feelings we akl supress but in raskolnikov he experiments freeing a person from that "stop" in oye minds we all have.

Crime & Punishment Questions MarianaR

3. Compare the characters of Raskolnikov, Luzhin and Svidrigailov. How is each of these men a villain, and to what extent are they guilty? How does each man face guilt, does each suffer for it?

Doestoevsky present us two different Raskolnikov's throughout the novel, because sometimes he acts in a manner and then suddenly in a contradictory manner. An example of this, could be Alyona's murder, but later in the novel he feels guilty about it, and he constantly thinks about confessing. His cold, dark, and intelligent side, is his own "villain", because he's constantly fighting against it. And he's guilty only because of the murder. And he suffers badly because he knows he has to confess, but also suffers because he thinks Porfiry knows the truth. 

In Part 3 Svidrigailov is following Sonya and asks her where she lives, with no good intentions. But as far as I know, this character havent committed a severe crime. 

The other character, Luzhin seems to be very arrogant and selfish, but also he seems to be rich. He thinks that Dunya would make the ideal humble and grateful wife, because of her background. But we only know Luzhin in a superficial way, because we haven't read about Luzhin's real intentions.

4. Compare the major female characters: Sonya, Dunya, Katerina Ivanovna. Do you think they are well-rounded characters or stereotypes? How does each figure in Raskolnikov's actions? 

These characters are mentioned in the novel, in order to represent Russian stereotypes. Sonya is a 18 yeaer old girl, who had to work in order to sustain her family, because of his dad's alcoholism. She could represent the biggest part of Russia's society. The oldest of these three women,  is Katerina Ivanovna, she is Sonya's stepmother and biological mother of another 3 children, she has tuberculosis, a terrible desease, very common around that time. She represents the struggle of surviving within misery and poverty. And then we have Raskolnikov's sister, Dunya, who is a very poor woman but she is agree to marry an older and rich man, who will giver her money and position. For me this represents a marriage of convenience, without love, but it is necessary for Dunya and Pulcheria, because they have no money as well. 

Sonya appeared just once in Raskolnikov's place to invite him to Marmeladov's funeral, and he accepts the invitation. But there's not a strong connection between them two yet.

On the other hand Dunya, has a lot of influence over Raskolnikov because they are relatives and they care about each other. That is why Raskolnikov doesn't want her to marry Luzhin, and she asks her too choose either Luzhin or himself. At the end of part three, Raskolnikov desists And tells her to marry whoever she wants.

Discussion Questions Part 3

Roberto Ferro. Discussion Questions Part 3

1. He achieves the suspense throughout the novel by describing every single thing that happens in a way that we want to stay reading until we know the outcome. He does that description by showing us Raskolnikov's thoughts so we expect something to happen and we can identify with his situation. I think the most suspenseful scene we have seen is the one of the murders, because we are not sure of what's about to happen and the outcome of it is astounding. Another scene a bit less suspenseful is the one where Mermeladov dies, because we think he might make it but at the end everything goes bad, with him death and the family grieving. 

3. Each one of them is a villain in their own way, Raskolnikov is the one guilty of the murder, that's obvious, but he doesn't feel like it because he thinks he made humanity a favor, by eliminating a person that is not necessary and that brings more evil than good to the world. In the case of Luzhin, we don't know him much but we can say his crime is controlling Dounia in order for her to do whatever he wants, just because he has the social position and the money to provide for the whole Raskolnikov family, or at least her. Another crime we could adjudicate to Luzhin is when he visits Raskolnikov while he's sick, and he kind of insults him, but he doesn't feel guilty at all, he actually feels the contrary, with him being the victim. As for Svidrigailov, we know him even less than we know Luzhin, but we do know his crime, when he wants to have an affair with Dounia and by accident he ruins her reputation in the town they lived. We cannot define his current position because he hasn't appeared that much, but he suffered for it by dissolving his family, which ended up with his death wife.

1.He archieves suspense by creating confusing factors in the novel, i felt specially striked when the 2nd cop entera Raskolnikov house, i thought for a moment raskolnikov was done for, the suspense created by raskolnikov Kant created because of him beeing the main character but because the turmoil in jos character makes readers feel somekind of pity ir antes to him.

Part 3 questions Luis

1. Dostoyevsky creates suspense in the novel by no sharing information that other characters other than the one you are reading his point of view knows. In other words he uses the stream of conciousness in a really interesting way because you keep finding out things in the minds of the different main characters. The biggest examples of this is seen when Raskolnikov meets Porfiry and he starts learning things that Dimitri doesn't understand till later. Another really good example is when Dimitri reads Luzhin's letter before Raskolnokov so we already know what does it say even though Raskolnikov doesn't and we have no idea how he is going to react.

4. The mayor female characters of the story all apeal to a stereotype of russian women especially in the way they look. Each one of them is described as an exeptional good looking woman (russian stereotype) but they also are stereotypes of what women were in that era. For example Sonya is a prostitute that is one of the only profesions a woman can do to earn money in that era. Dunya is marring to get money and improve her life quality and her familie's which is the only way to do it for a woman in that epoca. Each one afects Raskolnikov in a different way because he cares about all of them and they make him change his decisions. Even though each of the represents an stereotype they are also well rounded characters with big tragic flaws and other kind of problems and depth that makes them well rounded.

Discussion Questions

1. Dostoyevski os a master in suspense using description to it's maximum potential, it is his way of describing everything around that makes us feel like we are in the same place as Raskolnikov living the things he does. An example of this is when he commits the double homicide, we feel everything he does and he creates the atmosphere with his detailed description. This is what causes the suspense.

5. Quite honestly I think Dostoyevsky created this character in order to cope with his own reality and the misery his family was going through. This was sort of a therapy he used to escape his own reality.

Semyon Zaharovitch Marmeladov

How is Marmeladov punishing himself? How does the author show us that punishment (Tone, Vocabulary, Dialogue)?

Dostoevsky introduced us to this particular character as a subplot, so that we could be able to see the misery and poverty of russian society. Marmeladov claims to love his family, but can't get drinking habit under his own control. That would be his crime against himself. Raskolnikov doesn't seem to care about other people, but he listened and treated Marmeladov's gently, that means that Marmeladov's suffering is so apparent.

Dostoevsky created a whole monologue for this character, where he analyses himself and explain his own weakness for drinking. He does several analogies referring himself as a despicable man, because he argues that he can feel his wife suffering while she's coughing blood, and that’s why he drinks more and more in order to suffer twice as much. This specific part of his monologue explain us his own punishment. Alcohol is his own crime and alcohol itself it's his own punishment.

Another punishment could be when some horses ran over him, and after the accident he dies in his own house. But before dying he sees his daughter Lya barefoot, and this one was his favorite because she was the littlest and she was sick, and it hurt to him looking her that way. Also he saw Sonya, and at the beginning he didn't recognized her dressed like a prostitute and he felt terrible bad of what he has done to her. Dostoevsky in this particular scene uses lots of descriptions and the dialogs are mainly from Katerina Ivanovna, with the purpose to emphasise the damage Marmeladov has done to his family.

By: Christian Bauza, Giovanna Giusto, Mariana Rojo & Víctor Sánchez.