Literary Techniques Used by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Crime and Punishment

A Study of the literary techniques used by Fyodor Dostoyevsky inCrime and Punishment to convey the capitulation and subsequent emanation ofthe main character.Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is the story of a juvenilitystudent Raskolnikov and his need to murder an old woman to prove cardinalof his many philosophies. The book begins with the murder, but theprimary focus is on his conclude and reactions before and after theact.It is set in St Petersburg where the main character, Raskolnikov,appears to be an ex-student living, in poverty, a life of lethargy.However, it soon emerges that he, despite the physical nature of hissituation, has a very active mind. To reveal whether he is of aspecial spawn of humans, he finds it necessary to kill, and theunfortunate subjects of his experiment atomic number 18 an old pawnbroker and hersister. afterward the murders, Raskolnikov is subject to a series ofmental and emotional changes, eventually wind to his confessionand, later, his arrest, trial and eight-year prison sentence.It was both this interesting plot and the philosophical nature ofDostoyevskys composition, which initially attracted me to this book. It in addition features many themes and characters, as well as an effectivesetting. As a result, I will examine the literary techniques used inCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky to convey the ruinationand subsequent rise of the main character, Raskolnikov. I will beginby looking at how the setting formed Raskolnikovs character, and thendiscuss the structure and other characters of the novel.The setting plays a primary role in forming Raskolnikovs character.In mid-19th century Russia, an oppressive rule is a result of theRomanov monarchy and this in... ...ition to being eventful in portraying Raskolnikovs changingpersonality. By making such diversity between the two ways thatthe two characters affect Raskolnikov, we are equal to see his downfalland subsequent rise much more clearly.Dostoye vskys writing in this book is such that the characters andsetting around the main subject, Raskolnikov, are used with fountainfulconsequences. The setting is both symbolic and has a power thataffects all whom reside there, most notably Raskolnikov. An effectiveStructure is also used to show changes to the plots direction andRaskolnikovs character. To add to this, the authors word choice and resource are often extremely descriptive, and enhance the impact at all stage of Raskolnikovs changing fortunes and character. All ofthese features aid in the portrayal of Raskolnikovs downfall andsubsequent rise.