How does Dostoevsky treat the problem of ‘crime’ and ‘punishment’ in his novel? What stand does the novelist take?

How does Dostoevsky treat the problem of ‘crime’ and ‘punishment’ in his novel? What stand does the novelist take?

 

Dostoevsky treats the problem of ‘crime’ and ‘punishment’ in his novel Crime and Punishment through criminality, morality, and guilt which are his central preoccupations in this novel. Raskolnikov commits the great crime of the novel: he robs and murders the pawnbroker and her sister Lizaveta, an innocent bystander. Raskolnikov must come to terms with his feeling, or lack of feeling, of remorse for the act, and his motive is never fully resolved. He argues that the pawnbroker did no good for society and therefore her death is of no consequence; he also admits, later, to not understanding why he has killed. The remainder of the novel charts Raskolnikov’s interactions with friends, family, and police representatives. His friend Razumikhin, sister Dunya, and mother Pulcheria suspect Raskolnikov’s guilt only after many days; others, like Porfiry Petrovich, the investigator, and Zamyotov, a law clerk, take early note of Raskolnikov’s strange behavior and obsession with the murders.

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