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Murder For Murder?, 2007.
This paper presents an anti-capital punishment perspective on this age-old debate.
1,669 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The paper considers the arguments of those in favor of capital punishment, namely the issues of deterrence, cost and public safety and explains why these arguments are not convincing in today's environment. The paper looks at the Christian ways of addressing capital punishment by examining the Bible and the Vatican's beliefs that are mainly against the use of death. The paper discusses the arguments against the death penalty and relates that after considering these arguments and statistics, he believes that the death penalty in no way helps humanity but, on the contrary, destroys it.
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"Capital Punishment or death sentence is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as a punishment for his/her crimes. The earliest established death penalty laws date back to eighteenth century B.C in the Code of Hammurabi, which ordered death for 25 different crimes. Also, death sentences in earlier days were carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, impalement, boiling, hanging and beheading. Today the society, in which we live, has come a long way due to our experiences over the years and we today view the means and ways of death penalty during our ancestor's time as cruel, barbaric and nonsensical."
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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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Conception of Human Nature, 2002.
A look at Mill's and Dostoevsky's conception of human nature.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper presents Mill's idea of human nature and the role it plays in his argument about what controls society can place over the individual. An argument also is presented to demonstrate Dostoevsky's view.
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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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Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, 2009.
A review of the life of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
2,669 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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Considering all the torments that Dostoevsky lived through - torments that he then channeled in to some of his most famous fictional creations - was Dostoevsky sincere when he penned the famous quote in The Idiot: "Beauty will save the world"? Did Dostoevsky equate beauty with goodness, or was he simply using Myshkin's naivete to underline the worthlessness of purity and aesthetics in a world of sin and strife? This paper, through an examination of Dostoevsky's life and how the events of his life were filtered in to some of his most famous works, will take the position that both ideas are possible.
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"Stories of Dostoevsky's cruel treatment at the hands of his father have reached near legendary status, thanks in no small part to Sigmund Freud's famous essay on the writer's psychological development. After returning home from work each day, Dostoevsky's father would take a nap. His children were assigned to stand guard over him while he slept, remain completely quiet, and swat flies that came anywhere near the sleeping doctor's head. While much psychoanalytic theory has been poured in to the effects of his upbringing on the writer's portrayal of father figures such as that in The Brothers Karamazov, the idea that Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov was actually based on Dr. Dostoevsky has been called in to question by Joseph Frank, the famous biographer of Dostoevsky. Frank claims that letters and personal accounts attest that the father and son actually had a close, loving relationship."
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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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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 Underground Man and Its Influences in Russian Literature, 2008.
An examination of the underground man in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel,"Notes from Underground," and the way in which he has evolved in works by other writers.
2,520 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper discusses the novel "Notes from Underground," by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and how his creation of the "underground man" has influenced Russian and other literature. The writer describes Dostevsky's underground man, who is in essence an anti-hero, and explains what makes him such a revolutionary and original character for his time. The writer also discusses several Russian writers who either created characters in imitation of Dostoevsky's underground man or in reaction to him. The paper concludes that traces of the underground man can be found everywhere in contemporary novels, and he will not go out of style, since the debate each person has within themselves about their purpose on this planet will always be at the forefront of human consciousness.
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"Dostoevsky's best skill as a writer was his ability to convey complex philosophical ideas through characters and plots. He chose to communicate both his religious and political ideas through fiction instead of non-fiction. Because his novels involve fictional characters and are not too caught up in an exact historical moment, they are still relevant to social problems today. Even so, in Dostoevsky's cornerstone novel, Notes from Underground, he chose to be more explicit by writing the first section of the novel in philosophical prose, and the second as narrative fiction depicting the previous parts' ideas."
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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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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, 2005.
A review of some of the characters in "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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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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Dostoevsky, Science and Free Will, 2008.
This paper discusses the beliefs of Fyodor Dostoevsky concerning science and free will.
1,724 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground" and his concern that if science is used as the only tool to discover meaning and lay blame, then human emotion and free will will no longer exist. The paper explains how Dostoevsky worries about the loss of responsibility for one's actions, which would eventually allows people to legitimately act with cruelty. The paper also shows how his words foreshadow the times that would come, when the German "scientific" culture would convince millions to take the lives of innocents in WWII.
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"Dostoevsky, lived in a time when science and new ideas were coveted all over the world, but when his homeland Russia oppressed it with zeal. Bureaucracy and administration censored new findings and ideas with a vengeance so great even great literary minds such as Dostoevsky would spend some time in exile in Siberia as a result of "subversive" wittings and political affiliations. Though Dostoevsky was initially sentenced to death, with several of his affiliation members, his sentence was commuted to four years of exile in Siberia, only after he and his fellow liberals were standing outside for some time awaiting execution. (Dostoevsky vii)"
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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 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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Christian Dystopia in Green and Dostoevsky, 2008.
A comparison of Graham Green's "The Last Word" and Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground".
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The paper shows how Green in the "The Last Word" and Dostoevsky in "Notes from the Underground" both use a single character's life to illustrate the meaninglessness of modern existence. The paper highlights the presence of faith that shaped the lives and the works of both authors and points out the similarities in the style and use of narrative structure in both works.
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"Both Greene and Dostoevsky construct short works, rather than long, large sprawling novels as was the fashion in the 19th century. Their studies in the dangers of attempting to create an anti-Christian or post-Christian utopia are short, concentrated intense works that focus on the consciousness of a single individual. The authors, to render a sharp portrait or case study, frequently deploy stream-of-consciousness and fragmented narrative to reinforce what they believed to be ancient, eternal truths."
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor", 2007.
Reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor", which centers on the temptations of Jesus in the desert.
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This paper relates the plot of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" in which Christ comes back to earth in Seville at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. He is recognized, performs a number of miracles and is then arrested by Inquisition leaders and sentenced to death. The author points out that the story sets the person of Christ against the church, particularly against persons within the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. The paper asks the question, "Can we draw a parallel to the modern evangelical church that aligns itself with the Republican Party and the war on terrorism?"
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""The Grand Inquisitor" is in a way a lamentation of the course the organized church has chosen. Having a number of fast days annually set aside for lamentation is not something that would be generally encouraged within modern Christianity. We are pre-occupied with our creature comforts and want a 'feel good' faith, so tend to avoid discussions that remind us of our sins (individual and collective) or pain. The journey of the Church (Roman Catholic and others), with its individual and collective sorrows could be lamented. "Lamentations 3:39-42 says, "Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins?""
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