bring Raskolnikov back into his humane side. Through her suffering, she shows him that it is important to have a love for all humanity and that no person should ever be able to exist like a parasite off of another person. Porifery acts as the intellectual who shows Raskolnikov that all intellect must be used for the good of mankind. Throughout the novel Dostoevsky uses many characters and symbols to represent two very distinct personalities and viewpoints of the main character, Raskolnikov. The novel is founded on the distinctions between the two points of view, and the reader gets both angles. Both Raskolnikov's generous and evil actions are essential to his character because they allow the reader to identify with these two points of view and the two facets of his personality....
