Final Outline - Luisa

I. Introduction

    A. Dostoevsky

          1.time period/setting in which the book was written

              i. Czar Alexander II

a. alexander the liberator

b. most successful russian reformer

c. 23 million serfs emancipated — major restructuring of Russian society cause of much chaos 

              ii. St. Petersburg

              iii. 1865

          2.brief background on Dostoevsky

              i. he was in the military

              ii. he was exiled to siberia

              iii. first two parts of C+P were published in Jan and Feb of 1866 in a periodical called "The Russian Messenger”

iiii. “important mover of his characters was ideologies and concepts whether they were  meek Christians, destructive nihilists, dissipated libertines, or intense Pyrrhic  rebels” (http://www.egs.edu/library/fyodor-dostoevsky/biography/)

    B. Psychology Aspects

          1. Freud

              i. consciousness

              ii. Freudian slips

          2. Sociopaths

          3.  Dostoevsky's own discussion about the dark thoughts within us

    C. Thesis (above)

II. First Body Paragraph

    A. Setting of Crime and Punishment (above)

    B. About Raskolnikov

         1. Sociopath

         2. Good deeds

i. Raskolnikov is a very self contradicting person which makes him very difficult for the reader to understand

ii. Even though raskolnikov is definitely a sociopath due to his actions, he still shows he has a good heart by committing good deeds, and feels remorse for his crime

    C. Introduce characters

          1. Alionova

          2. Lizaveta

          3. Razhumikin

          4. Pulcheria

          5. Dounia

          6. Sonia

III. Raskolnikov

   A. His past

       i. he grew up in wretched, rough, violent living conditions

   B. His thoughts — what leads him to Aliona (Freud)

   C. his current living conditions

       i. he lives in a tiny apartment which is disgustingly dirty and he sleeps in his clothes

   D. his friends

   E. His relationship with his mom and sister

       i. Dunia's problems with Luzhin added to his insanity

   F. His crime

       i. he intended to just kill Alionova but ends up killing a second innocent woman, Lizaveta

   G. the good deeds he’s done

       i. He gave Marmeladov his money when he saw how desperately he needed it

       ii. He tried to save the young drunk prostitute from the guy trying to violate her

IV. Psychology and Raskolnikov

   A. Freud

   B. experiments

i. standford prison experiment (1971)

ii. the milgram experiment (1961)

   C. Sociopaths and Antisocial Personality Disorder

i. “Sociopaths are often unable to control their behavior and their expressions of annoyance, irritability and threats when faced with situations not appealing to them and they often tend to resort to threats, aggression and verbal abuse”

(http://depressiond.com/sociopath-sociopathic-personality-disorder/)

ii. “Displays no feelings or shallow feelings,Displays impulsive behavior which is indicated by the inability to plan for the future; Displays no concern for safety of others around them or self; Inability to sustain a consistent behavior that stem mainly from irresponsibility especially at work place or in other dealings; Displays promiscuous behavior; Research has revealed that since a sociopath never conforms to the rules of the society, he or she is not bothered about the consequences of his or her actions. Such people at times are also able to inspire like minded people.”

(http://depressiond.com/sociopath-sociopathic-personality-disorder/)

iii. http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/psychopathy_aspd_sociopathy.htm 

iv. http://www.ehow.com/about_5494821_sociopathic-experiments.html 

v. Definition of ADP and Symptoms - (http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/antisocial-personality-disorder/basics/causes/con-20027920)

   D. Murderers

i. “The most broadly recognized mental disorder associated with serial killing is  Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD).” (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/blame-the-amygdala/201301/what-would-we-find-wrong-in-the-brain-serial-killer)

   E. poverty, selfishness

   F. nature and nurture

       i. did the atmosphere around him influence his extreme thoughts and actions or was it his own instinct to react that way?

   G. Superiority complex

       i. he thinks he is better than all those around him

       ii. that superiority leads him to compare Alionova with someone like him, and in his mind, compared to himself, she was so worthless she did not deserve to live

      iii. Adler and Freud — http://psychology1.knoji.com/inferiority-and-superiority-complexes/ 

V. Does he consider himself a hero?

   A. Yes, he does

        i. he considers himself a hero because he feels like he was doing the world around him a favor by eliminating people like Alionova from the surroundings. he did not believe people like her deserved to live.

        ii. this kind of reasoning from him goes back to NFTU, when Dostoevsky discussed that once someone reached a certain point, he/she could not do any more, so he/she had to be "removed"

   B. Reasons why this action was contradictory to his humane good deeds

       i. He proves to have a good heart when he performs deeds such as leaving money for a stranger he just met because he saw he (Marmeladov) was in need

      ii. He tries to save a young drunk girl who was about to get raped by an old man

VI. Why did he do it if he knew the consequences? 

    A. Reasons behind his murder

i. the main clearly reason is because he wanted to show his superiority

ii. his hunger horrible environment and poor health may have caused impulses

iii. Nihilism - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/415081/nihilism 

    B. “Hero”

    C. His confession

i. Raskolnikov confesses because of the physical illness that the guilt created. he was depressed all the time after he committed the crime

ii. he thinks that by confessing the punishment would stop his depression

iii. he wanted to be caught from the day he did it

iv. didn’t admit until the end for fear