Crime and Punishment value system

In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky gives the reader an inside look to the value system that he holds for himself, as well as the type of characteristics that he abhors in people as well as the characteristics that he admires in people. He uses characters in the novel to express his beliefs of what a person should be like in life to be a “good” person. Specifically he uses Raskolnokv to show both good and …showed first 75 words of 1281 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1281 total…be a “superman”. Svidrigliov and Luzhin are both used to show what Fyodor abhors in people. He hates the manipulative and lying nature of Luzhin and the cold-hearted and selfish attitude of Svidrigliov, which is also why Raskolnokov hates these characters in the novel, because Dostoevsky dislikes them and their kind in real life. Through the analization of these characters the reader can gain a detailed insight to Fyodor’s personal value and belief system.