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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Dostoevsky's Crime and ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Punishment; ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [characteriztion. ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed:7/94 # of Words:608 School: ? State: ?
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AP English
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In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov's dream about the
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mare can be used as a vehicle to probe deep into his mentality to discover
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how he really feels inside. The dream suggests that Raskolnikov is a
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"split" man; after all, his name in Russian means "split". He has a cruel
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and thoughtless side as well as a caring, compassionate side to his
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personality. Through the dream and the symbols therein, a reader can cast
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Raskolnikov, as well as other characters from Crime And Punishment, into
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any of the various parts in the dream. Each part that a character takes on
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leads to a different conclusion about that character. Raskolnikov himself
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"fits" into the positions of Mikolka, the child, and the mare.
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If Mikolka, the drunken owner of the mare, were to represent
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Raskolnikov, then the mare would most probably represent Alyona Ivanovna.
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The senseless beating of the mare by Mikolka is similar to the brutal
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attack on Alyona by Rodion. (It should be noted that both Alyona and the
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mare were female.) These heartless attacks foreshadow the crime that
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Raskolnikov is contemplating. Dostoevsky unveils Raskolnikov's cruel side
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during this dream, if it is to be interpreted in this way.
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On the same token, Raskolnikov's compassionate side could be
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represented by the little boy. The child, watching the beating, realizes
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the absurdity of it. He even rushes to Mikolka, ready to punish him for
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killing the mare. This illustrates Rodion's internal struggle while
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contemplating the murder of Alyona. His humane side, the child, tells him
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to live and let live. And his "extraordinary" side, according to his
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definition, tells him that he should eliminate Alyona altogether, for the
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good of man kind.
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On the other side of the coin, Raskolnikov could be represented by the
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mare itself. However, the burden which the mare must carry (the cart, the
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people, etc.) could represent two separate things, depending on if it is
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viewed in context before or after the actual murder. Before the murder,
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the burden could represent the moral question that is plaguing Rodion.
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Should he kill Alyona? Or should he leave her be? Because of the
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importance of this question to Raskolnikov, it weighs him down heavily at
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first. However, later on, he rashly decides to kill Alyona.
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If looked upon after the murder, the load on the mare in the dream
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could represent the mental burden placed on Rodion. He had a burden of
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guilt on him, and he could not justify the murder according to his own
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theory. Therefore, he was tormented by the otherwise insignificant
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statements and actions of others in the novel. Even though Porfiry
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Petrovitch did not have many of the people purposely harassing Raskolnikov
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by mentioning various facets of the murder, it was as if those who were
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"beating" the truth out of him were pawns of Porfiry (or that of truth and
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the law in general), just as those beating the life out of the mare were
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pawns of Mikolka (or that of cruelty). By this reasoning, a parallel may
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also be drawn between the mare and Rodion.
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This is not to say that the dream does not have other significances.
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It is possible that Mikolka represents Porfiry also. Mikolka beat the mare
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until it died; Porfiry beat Raskolnikov mentally until he confessed.
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There are also other interpretations that can be made.
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Despite other possible interpretations, Raskolnikov may be represented
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by all three main characters in the dream: Mikolka, the child, and the
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mare. Each representation brings to mind a new side of Rodion Romanovitch
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that must be considered in order to understand him fully.
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