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Crime and Punishment
In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov's dream about
the mare can be used as a vehicle to probe deep into his mentality to
discover how he really feels inside. The dream suggests that
Raskolnikov is a "split" man; after all, his name in Russian means
"split". He has a ....
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.... while contemplating the murder of Alyona. His humane side,
the child, tells him to live and let live. And his "extraordinary"
side, according to his definition, tells him that he should eliminate
Alyona altogether, for the good of man kind.
On the other side of the coin, Raskolnikov could be represented by
the mare itself. However, the burden which the mare must carry (the
cart, the people, etc.) could represent two separate things, depending
on if it is viewed in context befor e or after the actual murder.
Befo ....
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