Comparing Dostoyevsky's Crime And Punishment
It is well known that human beings desire a conclusion. Everyone remembers being a child and wanting to reach a satisfying end where everyone lives "happily ever after." However, the audience of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment has grown up. It is time to move on from always being given a satisfying conclusion. Not only does the epilogue cater to a younger audience, but it also adds very little substance to the work as a whole by ways of theme, character, and plot. Whether it's a movie, a novel, or any other representation of a story, it is common for the audience come up with theories and questions. In any work whose audience is primarily experienced readers, it is important to encourage readers to be active. In the four main parts of Crime