The novel "Crime and punishment" is a mirror of the events of the era in which it was written. Dostoevsky puts the main character of the student Rodion Raskolnikov at the epicenter of a world of injustice and hypocrisy. In a society where injustice and indifference, where a young girl Sonechka Marmeladova forced to sell their youth to earn a piece of bread, Raskolnikov takes on the role of righteous avenger. His rebellious attitude and unwillingness to accept reality are pushing him to the terrible crime.
Angry student wants to live ("I want to live"), but not to exist. Poverty and despair intensify the protest in his soul. But even after the murder it is clear that the goal is not to establish a material issue, because the student does not use the money and jewelry old woman prozentsatz, and the restoration of justice.
The main character is constantly cultivated the idea of the Superman, created to establish justice and further punished. Man, such Rodion finds himself, he finds justification for his act. Trying to determine their place in life, a student in constant search of an answer: is it possible to break through society imposed laws to achieve happiness?
The answer he receives, to commit murder. It turns out that way against public morals are not, because in your chest beats large Raskolnikov has a good heart. The supposed way out of the situation turns into a dull stalemate. And being in this dead end, our hero suffers and suffers even more. The apotheosis of soul-searching is public repentance at the end of the novel. Here we see the resurrection and renewal of the personality of the character. Dostoevsky masterfully revealed to us the psychological changes in the personality of the main character of the novel, showing for example, how dangerous is fanatical to indulge in the following ideas, which can be both beneficial and not so.
