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Crime and Punishment. Nick McNeill. Fyodor Dostyevsky. Born: 11/11/1821 Moscow Died: 2/9/1881 Mother: Maria Dostoyevskaya Father: Mikhail Dostoyevsky Other works The Idiot Demons The Brother Karamazou The Gambler. Fyodor Dosteyvsky.
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Crime and Punishment Nick McNeill
Fyodor Dostyevsky • Born: 11/11/1821 • Moscow • Died: 2/9/1881 • Mother: Maria Dostoyevskaya • Father: Mikhail Dostoyevsky • Other works • The Idiot • Demons • The Brother Karamazou • The Gambler
Fyodor Dosteyvsky • Raised in the family home in the grounds of the Mariinsky Hospital for poor. • Attended the free Military Institute. • First novel, Poor Folk completed in May 1845. • Poor Folk became successful. • Published The Double. • Not successful
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • Arrested for treason and sentenced to death. • Death sentence doesn’t stay. • His wife Maria and brother Mihail die in 1864 Writes Crime and Punishment and publishes the first two parts in January and February 1866. • Married Snitkina on February 15th, 1867 • Suffered a pulmonary hemorrhage and died .
Important Characters • Raskolnikov: The protagonist who commits the murder. • Sonia: Raskolnikov’s lover/girlfriend. • Svidrigailov: Dunya’s former employer. Pretty crazy. • Dounia: Raskolnikov’s sister. • Marmeladov: Alcoholic public official. • Pulcheria: Raskolnikov’s mother. • Luzhin: Dunya’s fiancé.
Setting, theme, etc. • Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia. • Themes: Alienation from society, Remorse, and Nihilism. • Point of View: Third Person Limited
Summary Overview • Raskolnikov is living in poverty. He is a former student. • Has to pawn stuff to a women that he wants to kill. • Raskolnikov meets an alcoholic named Marmeladov. He drinks with his families money. • Raskolnikov see’s Marmeladov’s home life when he takes him home.
Summary Continued. • Raskolnikov receives a letter from his mother explaining that she and his sister are moving to St. Petersburg. He finds out his sister is marrying a not so nice guy names Luzhin. • Raskolnikov kills pawnbroker and her sister. • Razumihin takes care of Raskolnikov while he is sick. • Finds Marmeladov who was trampled by a horse carriage.
Summary Continued • Sonia invited Raskolnikov to her fathers funeral. • Raskolnikov confesses love he just formed for her and confesses more. • Svidrigaliov overhears. • Svidrigaliov kills himself, which is good. • Raskolnikov goes to jail in Serbia for eight years.
Quotes • ““Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.” • “The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!” • “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”