Essays Tagged: "Fyodor Dostoevsky"

Dostoevsky's "The Gambler " As A Reflection Of Myself. Personal comparison

e love was not her but gambling.Whenever I read this story, I think of how much this character that Fyodor Dostoevsky created is similar, in a lot of ways, to myself. I find myself the object of addic ...

(3 pages) 72 0 2.3 Mar/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A Murder's Journey Through works of Dostoyevsky and Poe

to commit their crime. This belief is strongly disagreed with by the authors Edgar Allan Poe and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment, "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat",and "The Cask of Am ... iety, and is clearly illustrated through eachpiece of literature.BibliographyDostoevsky, Fyodor Milchailovich. Crime and Punishment. Markham: Penguin Classics, 1983.Poe, Edgar Allan. "T ...

(7 pages) 64 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Crime and punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Protagonist and Antagonist EssayCrime and Punishment is considered by many to be the first of Fyodor Dostoevsky's great books. Crime and Punishment is a psychological account of a crime. The cri ...

(7 pages) 142 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Personal motive vs. societal influences: The powerful role played by society in "Crime and Punishment" and "The Stranger".

ossibility of such an outside force pulling him towards the direction of wrongdoing. Raskolnikov of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment contrasts himself with Meursault in that he continually wra ...

(6 pages) 69 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Analyzes Eminly D's poem much madness to crime and punishment

eye" which holds true for writers of all types in the past, present and future. The same stands for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, where the lead character, Rodion Raskolnikov, demonstrates ...

(3 pages) 49 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Raskolnikov a tragic hero

Crime & Punishment EssayThe character Rodion Romanovna Raskolnikov from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, Crime and Punishment, is a classic example of a tragic hero. His life as ...

(3 pages) 27 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The reasons behind Raskolnikov's murder crime in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"

In "Crime and Punishment" one witnesses a murder as it is graphically described by Fyodor Dostoevsky. How, after such a graphic display of evil, can the reader be compassionate toward ... o his life, he begins to take on some somewhat virtuous aspects.McKee 5Works CitedBarzun, Jacques. "Fyodor Dostoevsky" European Writers. Vol. 7. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1985. 1360-1361.Dost ...

(4 pages) 62 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A Discussion of The Grand Inquisitor from 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Grand Inquisitor is an adaptation from The Brothers Karamazov, a novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is a Russian novel, set in 19th century Russia. The Inquisitor, the part of th ...

(3 pages) 74 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Dualism and the Double in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment was the second of Fyodor Dostoevsky's most important, mature fictional works. It was first published in the conservati ...

(22 pages) 111 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Review of Live performane:Notes from Underground

Review # 1.Notes from UndergroundFrom a novel by Fyodor DostoevskyAdapted by Andrew Litzky, Bill Peters, Zoë Inman,Llysa Holland and Rachel Katz ... tion of the character.Notes from Underground is an angst-filled solo performance piece adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic 19th century novel of the same name. Andrew Litzky portrays the misanthr ...

(4 pages) 57 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Raskolnikov: Extraordinary or Just Ordinary?

s that make you an extraordinary person or just a plain killer? This is one of the great debates in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Raskolnikov is a poor man who lives in a poor, Russian soc ...

(2 pages) 30 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Crime and punishment

Intellect and Emotion In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, the main character is a man with two contradicting persona ...

(2 pages) 9 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Biogrophy of dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky drew upon his many hardships and life experiences in order to instill a sense of r ... ng only one parent is also demonstrated by Adelaida Ivanovna, who "left the house and ran away from Fyodor Pavlovich with a destitute divinity student, leaving Mitya, a child of three years old, in he ...

(4 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Kierkegaard and christianity

f writing, his tone and vocabulary tie him closely to another forerunner of existentialist thought: Fyodor Dostoevsky (although either of them would probably deny this vehemently). However, in the cou ...

(7 pages) 29 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Thought As Represented In Dostoevsky's "Crime And

cal thriller of a book. Considering the urgency and anxiety of the novel's subject matter and plot, Fyodor Dostoevsky creates a brilliantly conversational internal monologue for Raskolnikov through wh ... - more or less - of the late 18th century British aristocracy, wrote Persuasion fifty years before Fyodor Dostoevsky, a poverty-stricken Russian proletariat, put pen to paper on Crime and Punishment. ...

(2 pages) 4 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Underground Man

Complexity in Society In Fyodor Dostoevsky?s Notes from Underground the underground man is an extremely complex and challengi ...

(6 pages) 20 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

DOSTOYEVSKY VS NIETZSCHE

hought to be born to achieve great things and they should be respected as higher or greater beings. Fyodor Dostoevsky, the author of the novel Crime and Punishment, attacks this theory and teaches tha ...

(2 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

In the news today there is an article about a

What is on trial is the age-old debate between nature and nurture, which also lies at the center of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.In his dream about the gray nag, Raskolnikov as an unshaped ...

(5 pages) 1243 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky demonstrates how man pays by suffering for his crimes against men. Dostoevsky port ... in Raskolnikov, as he sacrifices his own money to help Sonia out.The novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky demonstrates how man pays by suffering for his crimes against men. It portrays the ...

(5 pages) 11 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Meta-criticism of Crime and Punishment

of Crime and PunishmentIn "Critical Responses to Crime and Punishment", two critics' approaches to Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment are juxtaposed with both favorable and negative opinions on ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Feb/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature