Suffering in Crime and PunishmentIn the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, suffering is an integral part of the role of each character. However, the message that Dostoyevsky wants to convey with the main character, Raskolnikov, does not relate to the Christian idea of ​​salvation through suffering. Rather, it seems that the author never lets his main character suffer mentally in connection with the crime. His only suffering seems to be physical illness. Raskolnikov commits a premeditated murder in a state of delirium. He ends up committing a second murder, for which he never wanted to be responsible. He kills Lizaveta, an extremely innocent person. But does the author remind us of the murder again at any point in the novel? Not in the physical sense of the crime itself. The reader does not hear how heavy the murders weigh on his heart, nor how tormented he is by visions of the crime. He doesn't feel guilty at all for committing this crime, only his pride is hurt. It does not evoke the idea of ​​the pain that recurring visions of crime could arouse. Raskolnikov no longer remembers the massive amounts of blood everywhere, nor the expression on Lizaveta's face as he brought the ax down on her head. These things clearly show that the crime is not what could cause him suffering or pain, but something else. After Raskolnikov was sent to Siberia, he felt no remorse. His feelings haven't changed about his crime, he feels bad for not living up to his own ideas of grandeur. He only becomes depressed when he learns of his mother's death. Raskolnikov has still not found reason to feel remorse for his crimes. He takes Siberia as punishment, because it is boring to submit to all these formalities and the ridicule that this entails. However, he feels more at home in Siberia than at home in St. Petersburg. It's more comfortable and the living conditions are better than one's own house. But he is not free to do what he wants. But that doesn't contradict what I said before. He does not view Siberia as suffering, but as punishment, because he would prefer not to spend seven years in his prison cell. His theory of the extraordinary and the ordinary is something he must follow and adhere to. .