the surface, and his inner conflict isrepresented by other characters. Interestingly, he fallsin love with a young prostitute (Sonya), in whom he seescompassion and innocence.Raskolnikov despises men that embodyeverything that is wrong in their own lives. He hatesSvidrigailov because he has no sense of what is wrong.Svidrgailov is a depraved person who took the supermannotation to the extreme in pursuing whatever pleasedhim. With each movement Svidrigailov made, Raskolnikovbecame more aware that he at least had a conscience.Ultimately, the combination of inner struggleand isolation proves to be too much, and Raskolnikovreaches his breaking point, desperate to be releasedfrom his sentence in Hell. It is here where the crucialdifferences between characters and storytellers comeback into play, leading the student to a differentresolution.Raskolnikov believes that the only way inwhich he can be truly free is to confess his crime andsuffer the consequences. He does confess, and issentenced to eight years in a Siberian prison camp.Sonya accompanies him, and together both undergo areligious conversation that leads to their ultimateredemption. This series of events illustratesDostoevsky’s notions of how the Russian people must payfor their crimes against each other: endure thepunishment and emerge the better for it. The stronghumanistic plea that the author is revealing is therefor the readers to at least recognize what it is we aredoing to our selves. ...
