In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the Characters Raskolnikov, Luzhin, and Svidrigaïlov Are All Villains...

In spite of what the old cliché asserts, Crime and Punishment is a book that you can judge by its cover. For at the totality of its intricate plot, tying everything together is business deal of crime and plenty of punishment. To achieve those ends Fyodor Dostoevsky created several villainous characters, three men that hoo-ha both moral and legal laws. Their names are: Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, and Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Dostoevsky has neat skill as writer, so each character is unequalled and different as an actual human being.
By nature, Luzhin is stingy, haughty, browbeat and manipulative. Consequently, one of his misdeeds is how he treats his impoverished fiancé, Dunya, and draw-in-law (Raskolnikovs sister and mother respectively). Luzhin attempts to keep them helpless and dependant upon his wealth, by giving them exclusively meager sums and providing them shabby living quarters. This plan backfires when Raskolnikov exposes his true character. tool Petrovich appeared not in the least to nurture expected much(prenominal) an ending. He had had too much confidence in himself, in his power and in the helplessness of his victims (Dostoevsky, 292). After his initial connive is foiled, Luzhin then connives away to get back at Raskolnikov. His goal in this regard is where he commits his second crime.



Luzhin tries, nevertheless fails, to ensnare one of Raskolnikovs friends. On this occasion, his roommate gives him away. I saw you, I saw you! I saw how you put it [a one-hundred rouble note] surreptitiously into her pockets (382). If this evil ploy had worked, Luzhins victim would have gone to jail.
Pyotr Petrovich Luzhins guilt is two-fold and undeniable. The way he faces it is paradoxically, by not facing it. First off, he blamed anyone but himself; He blamed him, [Raskolnikov] and him alone, for everything (293). Then, when caught red-handed, the devious miser still had the gall to track his evil doing. Stuff and nonsense, you...If you want to get a rise essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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