Raskolnikov Personality Analysis
Raskolnikov’s split personality interrupts his ability to live a normal life.
Loves and hates people he is moody, melancholy, proud, and haughty; recently (and perhaps for much longer than I know) he has been morbidly depressed and over-anxious about his health. He is kind and generous. He doesn't like to display his feelings, and would rather seem heartless than talk about them. Sometimes, however, he is not hypochondriacal at all, but simply inhumanly cold and unfeeling. Really, it is as if he had two separate personalities, each dominating him alternately. Part 3 ch 2
“It's as though he was alternating between two characters” (3.2.32) cold side, emphasizes power and self-will, and his warm side, suggests submissiveness. The intellectual side is a result of his actions; when he is on this side, he never acts spontaneously. It is this aspect of his personality that …show more content…
to nihilism is utilitarianism - Raskolnikov originally justifies the murder of Alyona on utilitarian grounds but Raskolnikov is certainly a nihilist; unsentimental. disregards social standards. Raskolnikov discovers love, he throws off his nihilism. the novel condemns nihilism as empty.
Conclusion stuff embraces human nature and allows himself to accept and experience his own feelings. optimistic outlook, as the tormented Raskolnikov finally reaches some sort of internal serenity
Catcher in the Rye Notes damaged teenager whose selfishness prevent him from conforming to a society full of phonies to whom he cannot relate. clouded judgement and mood swings. Thus, it is clear that his personal flaws including his cynical, depressive, and unreasonable attitudes and thoughts are rooted in his emotional problems. Holden shows deep sadness. depression is unreasonable.
“It makes me so depressed I go crazy” (Salinger 19). Feelings of headmaster = emotional overreaction suicide. “I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.”
What I really felt like, though, was committing
Loves and hates people he is moody, melancholy, proud, and haughty; recently (and perhaps for much longer than I know) he has been morbidly depressed and over-anxious about his health. He is kind and generous. He doesn't like to display his feelings, and would rather seem heartless than talk about them. Sometimes, however, he is not hypochondriacal at all, but simply inhumanly cold and unfeeling. Really, it is as if he had two separate personalities, each dominating him alternately. Part 3 ch 2
“It's as though he was alternating between two characters” (3.2.32) cold side, emphasizes power and self-will, and his warm side, suggests submissiveness. The intellectual side is a result of his actions; when he is on this side, he never acts spontaneously. It is this aspect of his personality that …show more content…
to nihilism is utilitarianism - Raskolnikov originally justifies the murder of Alyona on utilitarian grounds but Raskolnikov is certainly a nihilist; unsentimental. disregards social standards. Raskolnikov discovers love, he throws off his nihilism. the novel condemns nihilism as empty.
Conclusion stuff embraces human nature and allows himself to accept and experience his own feelings. optimistic outlook, as the tormented Raskolnikov finally reaches some sort of internal serenity
Catcher in the Rye Notes damaged teenager whose selfishness prevent him from conforming to a society full of phonies to whom he cannot relate. clouded judgement and mood swings. Thus, it is clear that his personal flaws including his cynical, depressive, and unreasonable attitudes and thoughts are rooted in his emotional problems. Holden shows deep sadness. depression is unreasonable.
“It makes me so depressed I go crazy” (Salinger 19). Feelings of headmaster = emotional overreaction suicide. “I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead.”
What I really felt like, though, was committing