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Crime and Punishment. Characterization: Split Traits and Foils. Partner activity. Partner up with someone who chose a different character than you Fill in each other’s opposing character and character traits
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Crime and Punishment Characterization: Split Traits and Foils
Partner activity • Partner up with someone who chose a different character than you • Fill in each other’s opposing character and character traits • Do not discuss anything! Place an “x” on the continuum to illustrate where you think the character falls • Share your textual evidence and discuss your findings • Discuss: • Compare your views on the tensions evident in the character’s personality and actions: Did you place the character similarly on the continuum? What does this say about you and/or the character? • Do you agree with the split character traits?
1) Go back to your original group and report out your findings 2) Then discuss: • How has this character study contributed to your overall understanding of Crime and Punishment ? • There is only one Raskolnikov in this novel, but many characters are similarly "split." What themes might Dostoevsky be reinforcing by populating his novel with those driven by conflicting impulses? • What more do we learn about Raskolnikov’s character by considering the supporting cast? • How does this affect your reading of the novel?
Minor characters (supporting cast) • What is their purpose? One is to serve as: • Literary Foils: • foil characters contrast with another one another in order to highlight various features of that other character's personality by throwing these characteristics into sharper focus • sometimes the foil characters balance each other (together they would be a well-rounded character) • Foils are measured in physical, mental, and emotional traits
Traditional foil roles in literature • Traditional literary foil roles: • Protagonist / Antagonist • Villain / Hero • Guide, Mentor, Leader, Teacher / Follower, Student • Hero / Sidekick (partner) • Siblings • Husband / Wife • Friends
Crime and Punishment foils: • Unusual in literature: foil trio • Sonia / Dounia / Lizaveta • What are some of the foil relationships in C and P? • Raskolnikov / Svidrigailov • ???
Read the character foils handout… • There are seven foil types identified on this handout • Indicate a foil relationship from C & P that corresponds to each foil type