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Dostoevsky?s Characters, 2002.
This paper discusses the characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky?s ?Crime and Punishment? and ?The Brothers Karamazov? as the embodiment of the author?s philosophical positions.
3,175 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper discusses that the characters in Dostoevsky?s novels are not only complex creations with personalities of their own but also are an extension of the author?s intellectual dilemma. The paper author illustrates this philosophical embodiment in ?Crime and Punishment? and more completely in ?The Brothers Karamazov?. This paper points out that the characters in both novels are a rich with Freudian syndromes, amazing since they were created before Freud?s writings.
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The fourth son, Smerdyakov, is an interesting creation. An epileptic like Dostoevsky himself, he is initially portrayed as little more than an idiot. The child of ?stinking Lizaveta?, the village idiot (Note the same name as the feeble-minded sister of Alyona, the pawnbroker in Crime and Punishment.), who was raped by Fyodor and died in childbirth, Smerdyakov has been kept as a servant in the household. Fyodor?s repeated abuse and his foul treatment of Smerdyakov?s mother are sufficient motives for his son to kill him, but a stronger motive may be Smerdyakov?s admiration for Ivan and his desire to do what Ivan wants but cannot accomplish."
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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, 2005.
A review of some of the characters in "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This essay examines some characters in the novel "Crime and Punishment" by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Through the examination of some of the main characters the essay attempts to discuss which personality traits Dostoevsky admired and which characteristics he disliked in people, particularly those found in the Russian society of his time.
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" Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment This essay examines some characters in the novel Crime and Punishment by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Through the examination of some of the main characters the essay will attempt to discuss which personality traits Dostoevsky admired and which characteristics he disliked in people, particularly those found in Russian society of his time. In Crime and Punishment Dostoevsky uses the characters of to demonstrate traits he admires, like humility, compassion, sacrifice and family bonds as well as traits he dislikes like vanity, lack of morals and shallowness. Dostoevsky's main character in Crime and Punishment is a study of the duality of human nature and the fight between good and evil."
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Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2007.
An analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's concept and views of freedom.
2,513 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper discusses the thesis that the events of Dostoevsky's life and of Russia during the 1800s helped encourage much of his work and defined Fyodor Dostoevsky's concepts and views of freedom.
It looks at how Dostoevsky examined many different types of freedoms and aspects and used them as a central theme to many of his novels, such as "Crime and Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov", and "Notes from the Underground". It also discusses how his background played an important part in how he portrayed freedom in his novels and how Dostoevsky had extreme views that landed him in jail for a period of time.
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"Throughout his life, Fyodor Dostoevsky surrounded himself with influences that helped to create his thoughts on freedom which he applied to characters throughout his numerous works. Many of Dostoevsky's novels focused on man and freedom. The Russian often used freedom in multiple forms and as an obsession of one or more characters (Jones 44). Fyodor Dostoevsky believed that any man held from his desire and need of freedom feels both social and psychological consequences (Amoia 283). Kept away from sensing and feeling freedom, man will start to break down mentally and want freedom more. Oftentimes, Dostoevsky does not mention freedom without connecting it to good and evil. "
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Russian Author Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2005.
This paper discusses the religious philosophy of Russian 19th century author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
1,045 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that Fyodor Dostoevsky's most influential works are "Crime and Punishment" (1866) and "The Brothers Karamazov" (1879-80), which, like most of his literary work attempted to justify the necessity of faith and of God as conditions of true freedom. The author points out that all works of Dostoevsky can be divided in two undying questions about the existence of God and about immortality of soul. The paper states that Dostoevsky was very interested in the theme of sin as related in his novel "Crime and Punishment": Sins can be different: when you offend a person, it is a sin; when you murder, it also is a sin.
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"In his works, Dostoevsky proves that God exists in, or for, every person. The choice between 'Yes' and 'No' - the two answers that can be given to the transcendent, personal existence of God - is for Dostoevsky the same thing as the alternative: 'To be or not to be.'" His works are filled with Evil, but at the same time he clearly proves how this Evil is defeated by the idea of Christian morality - or in other words - belief in God. Without God life is a complete inanity. With this idea, Dostoevsky tries to show to the people that before they want to see a change in the society, it must begin with them first. People that came to be Believers, accepted laws of Christ as a guide for their entire lives, become more understanding of moral values. Because of that the most important judge of their actions is their own conscience, namely - their soul. It judges a person and it punishes him."
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Camus and Dostoevsky, 2002.
Examines the themes of murder in Albert Camus' novel, "The Stranger" and "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines the similarities and differences in Camus'
"The Stranger" and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", with specific reference to the murder that takes place in each book. Camus' murder is an examination of existentialism and an expression of the futility of believing that there is meaning in any act. Dostoevsky's murder is an expression of the senselessness of the ruling school of thought in the 19th century Russia. While each novel centers on a murder, they differ entirely as to the point and reason for each.
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Dostoevsky?s Critique of Nihilism, 2005.
Examines Fyodor Dostoevsky's views on nihilism through several of his works.
2,178 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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Dostoevsky, clearly an existentialist, focused much of his literary work on debunking nihilism. Because he believed that human natural could only be fully displayed through the supernatural, Dostoevsky fought the growing trend of applying scientific and rational thought to all aspects of the human experience. By examining some of his most important passages in his works, "Notes From the Underground", "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov", this paper displays the clear battle that the author fought during his literary career, ultimately culminating in the defeat of Ivan Karamazov in "The Brothers Karamazov".
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"Dostoevsky was concerned with the dangers of Nihilism. He believed that reason, while the prevalent thought in society, could do little to explain human nature. In so codifying human behavior and necessitating a need for predictable outcomes, Dostoevsky surmised that reason would overstep its own laws in a desire to curtail human nature and explain natural irrationality. He believed that predictions could do little to explain love, passion, personality, individuality; it could only offer a formula on how to suppress it. Rationality, along with industrialization, psychology, and capitalism, sought to replace free-choice for, as he would put it later, a loaf of bread."
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Dostoevsky's Critique of J.S. Mill and Rousseau, 2004.
An analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, "Crime and Punishment," including a critique of the philosophies of J.S. Mill and Rousseau.
818 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, "Crime and Punishment," claiming it to be a critique of the super-rationalism of the 18th century Enlightenment, particularly the philosophies of J.S. Mill and Rousseau. The focus of this paper is Dostoevsky's use of Raskolnikov to expose fundamental flaws in Mill's utilitarianism and Rousseau's concept of natural man. The paper examines how he does this by using Raskolnikov as a representation of a typical psyche and by relying on an intuitive argument to show the inability of these philosophies to reflect empirical evidence.
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"The character of Raskolnikov exposes flaws in Mill's utilitarianism and Rousseauvian philosophy. Dostoevsky's philosophy is unique and radically different from the prevailing ideas of eighteenth century enlightenment because of its reliance on the existence of certain truths common to the psyche of man, instead of a focus on rationality, coupled with the exclusion of other psychological elements. Raskolnikov's two major conflicts are between the rational and emotional portions of his personality and, stemming from this, his tendency to both lament and perpetuate his separation from society. His inability to reconcile these opposing facets of his being results in the great imbalance in his life."
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Dostoevsky's Writings, 2005.
A comparative analysis of existentialist fear and angst in four of Fyodor Dostoevsky' writings.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 124.95
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This fourteen page paper examines fear and angst in Dostoevsky's works. It specifically examines the pervasive presence of fear, anxiety, and angst in "The Brothers Karamazov", "Notes from Underground", "The Idiot" and "Crime and Punishment" and demonstrates that Fyodor Dostoevsky believed these negative emotions are triggered primarily because people inevitably become aware that their constantly struggling to understand the meaning of human existence is futile.
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"Dostoevsky's Writings: A Comparative Analysis of Existentialist Fear and Angst Examining the pervasive presence of fear, anxiety, and angst in The Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground, The Idiot and Crime and Punishment demonstrates the Fyodor Dostoevsky believed these negative emotions are triggered primarily because people inevitably become aware that their constantly struggling to understand the meaning of human existence is futile. Acknowledging this futility compels them to either give up and descend willingly into moral degradation or to continue struggling even if it appears useless. In terms of how Dostoevsky used fear in his writing and the manner in which his expression of fear reflects the existentialistic idea, it is evident first of all that his main characters in these four novels have been crafted to display the darkness of the human condition."
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"The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2002.
A review of the book "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the ideological and philosophical issues raised by the characters of the book. While the writer acknowledges that the book encompasses a great deal of the Russia of Dostoevsky's time and even more of human experience, he claims that the philosophical discussion is what gives the novel resonance and power.
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"The story of the Grand Inquisitor is a complex parable presented as a poem written by Ivan Karamazov. This element in the story tells much about the history of the church in Russia at the time and about theological concerns of the time. The story is presented as a battle between the Old Cardinal and Christ, with the Old Cardinal imprisoning the returned Christ because the example Christ sets is seen by the Cardinal as having placed a burden on mankind that the human being cannot meet. The focus of the poem is on a dialogue between the Grand Inquisitor and Christ. The Grand Inquisitor represents the Church that has come into being purportedly in support of Christ's teaching and to maintain Christ's example, but the Grand Inquisitor shows that the Church is actually teaching what Christ should have represented to mankind. This all relates back to Christ's rejection of the three temptations--if he had accepted the bread, mankind would know security; if he had performed a miracle to get down from the pinnacle, human beings would have something miraculous to worship; and if he had accepted the power Satan offered him, he could wield that power for humankind."
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Eliot and Dostoevsky's Men, 2005.
An analysis and comparison of the ineffective relationships of the main male figures in books by T.S. Eliot and Dostoevsky.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper looks at the main male figures in T.S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground" and their ineffectiveness in relationships with the people around them, specifically women. The paper looks at how both of these men hide behind their fear in different ways but still manage to both ruin their lives.
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"Eliot and Dostoevsky's Pathetic Little Men In the novella Notes from the Underground by Dostoevsky and the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, we see examples of the myth of the pathetic and ineffective man who is tormented by his life and relationships with women. Both of the main narrative characters of these works of literature are men who are in essence unhappy with themselves and their lives, and whose attempts at normalcy fail miserably. This is most apparent in their relationships with the women that they attempt to have interactions with, but fail because of their overwhelming unpleasantness or ineffectiveness cause by a deep and underlying lack of self worth and fear. Prufrock's narrator is a middle aged man who has realized that he is running out of time to do the things he once thought he would eventually get around to doing (Eliot 4)."
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"Notes From The Underground" ( Dostoevsky ), "L'assommoir" ( Zola ) and "Last Nights Of Paris" ( Philippe Soupault ), 1999.
Examines how these novels' isolated protagonists are used to critique their indifferent societies.
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Examines how these novels' isolated protagonists are used to critique their indifferent societies. Public space in fiction serves as a means of identifying aspects of the characters of the people who inhabit those spaces.
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"Public space in fiction serves as a means of identifying aspects of the characters of the people who inhabit those spaces. The characters in Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, L'Assommoir by Emile Zola, and Last Nights of Paris by Philippe Soupault also illustrate multiple social meanings and serve as a means for the authors to criticize their own society.
The theory of human nature and the meaning of life that is offered by the Underground Man in Notes from Underground derives from his personality and his particular experiences in the world. Those experience have left him angry and spiteful, and in part his "theory" of human nature is a spiteful reaction to the way he himself has been treated. He seems obsessed with developing this theory, as if he will be able to codify all human conduct and explain it by means of his view of why people behave in a certain ..."
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"Crime and Punishment" ( Dostoevsky ), "The Captain's Daughter" ( Pushkin ) and "A Hero Of Our Time" ( Lermontov ), 1999.
Compares the nature of the anti-hero in three Russian works. Discusses good and evil, social views and relationships, fatal flaws and deaths.
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Compares the nature of the anti-hero in three Russian works.
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"This study will examine the changing nature of the hero in three Russian works, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Alexander Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter, and Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time. The study will be based on the view that the "hero" of these three works is not a heroic figure in the traditional sense, but is more an anti-hero, a person who in one case (Grinyov in Pushkin) is a weak man who is blown to and fro by circumstances, and, in the other two cases, is far more flawed than such traditional, classical heroes, and far more flawed than the bulk of the readers. By "traditional hero" this study means the classical figure of the Greeks or Shakespeare--an acknowledged leader of men, an honorable and admirable character with far more positive than negative qualities, but also with a fatal flaw (pride, jealousy) which eventually destroys him. What ..."
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"The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy and "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1993.
A comparison of the authors' treatment of free will in the lives of self-centered protagonists.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 63.95
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"This study will compare the treatments of the theme of free will in Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
The bulk of each story is apparently about a man who acts according to his free will. Raskolnikov and Ivan are men who believe that they are superior to other human beings, and that as a result of this superiority they feel that what they do and think and feel is automatically representative of what is good. In Raskolnikov's case, we find a man who believes that he is beyond the moral standards that the rest of the human race is obliged to live by. Ivan is a much more conventional fellow, for he believes essentially that he is doing what has been defined as activities of an exemplary life, a life to be admired by others for its success and happiness. Both Raskolnikov and Ivan are men..."
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"The Brothers Karamazov" ( Fyodor Dostoevsky ), 1999.
Compares the characters of passionate brother Dmitri and rational atheist brother Ivan.
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A plan is detailed for the marketing of skateboards produced in the United States in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Marketing objectives, pro forma financial statements, and resource requirements are addressed.
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A plan is detailed for the marketing of skateboards produced in the United States in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Marketing objectives, pro forma financial statements, and resource requirements are addressed.Because of this contrast, the brothers inevitably clash.
Dmitri, also known as Mitya in the novel, is immediately shown to be a man who lives a wayward life of passion:
He spent an irregular boyhood and youth. . . . He did not finish his studies at the gymnasium, he got into a military school, . . . fought a duel, and was degraded, . . . led a wild life, and spent a good deal of money (6).
Dmitri is, in his critical father's eyes, "frivolous..."
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Symbolism in "Crime and Punishment", 2004.
Discusses how symbolism unites the characters of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel and highlights the commonalities of their struggles.
1,743 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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The many objects used as symbols in "Crime and Punishment" lead readers to a greater understanding of both the growth of the characters and the themes presented throughout the work. This paper shows that Dostoevsky's use of symbolism unites various characters and links them with the themes of moral decay (the color yellow), suffering, entrapment in one's sins (the presence of insects), and redemption through confession (the presence of water). These symbols are most important in that they connect Raskolnikov with other characters who mirror parts of his personality and parts of his psychological struggles.
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"Numerous references are made to the color yellow, a hue which symbolizes the moral, physical, and mental decay of those in its presence. It is introduced quite early in the work, where it is noted that "...the yellowish dusty wall-paper peeling off the walls gave it a wretchedly shabby appearance..." (Dostoevsky 23). This setting creates a tone which matches Raskolnikov's mood that morning-"...bilious, peevish, and irritable" (23). It also hints at the decay that Raskolnikov is already experiencing. His landlady's servant, Nastasya, notes this when she brings him some tea and then exclaims that he will waste away if he does not drink it (23). She is, of course, simply addressing a physical type of decay (at least consciously); however, Raskolnikov's deterioration is of a much broader scope. It begins even before he decides to commit the murder of Alyona Ivanovna, the disagreeable pawnbroker, and her sister Lizaveta."
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