After this week’s reading, I am
left further questioning Raskolnikov’s sanity or insanity, there is no clear
indication as to whether he is insane or he is fully sane. He seems to be sane
enough to take the right actions to steer the conversation with Luzhin in a
direction that would get Dounia to no longer want to marry him. Yet there are
distinct parts where Raskolnikov cannot distinguish between what is dream and
what is reality. It is because of this fact that I believe that a lot of what
is occurring is happening inside of Raskolnikov’s head and we just do not know
it.
There
is also the continuation of the Napoleonic theme that was present in the
previous reading where Raskolnikov is trying to compare himself to Napoleon and
how he killed tons of innocent lives for a purpose. Yet Raskolnikov feels less satisfied
with the comparison when he realizes that he was even lower than the pawn
broker and he begins to think of her death as more of a symbol of his ideas and
an experiment of his principles towards murder. What freaks me out the most is
the way that he acts as if this has failed in proving his point and then
proceeds to go and talk to all of his close friends and family and begins to
tell them that he will not be able to see them after meeting Svidrigaïlov and
realizing that there is yet another force for him to defend his sister from.
Personally
I feel like he wrapping up all of his dealings and is starting to prepare for
another big event like the beginning of the book. He is acting somewhat logically
when he is making sure that everybody he has made connections with is going to
be able to live without him. I have a feeling that once he realizes that he has
wrapped up everything he is going to try to disappear and try to “prove” his
theory on murder. If he is going to do that, it is clear that Raskolnikov’s
first target will be Svidrigaïlov as he seems to be the central divisive force
in Raskolnikov’s life as of now.
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