Reversible vs. Irreversible: Pacification of Psycho-Ethical Disorder and Refurbishment of Order in Crime and Punishment
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https://doi.org/10.70042/eroth/801142Keywords:
Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky, irreversible, order, disorder, restorationAbstract
Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment incorporates the sequence of crime, disorder, correction, and restoration of order. The novel starts with the protagonist’s psychological turmoil leading to committing two consecutive murders, then his inner conflict and psychological punishment, and his correction refurbishing the order. Raskolnikov’s desire to be extraordinary paralleling the desire to defy God destabilises the ethical and religious norm besides being psychologically impatient. His agitation finds a concrete and physical outcome through his fever and delirium and affects the outer worlds as well. However, Raskolnikov’s confession and thus being corrected restores the order along with the abolishment of the debaucher Svidrigailov.
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