Достоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал (Jun 2018)

Anguish in Crime and Punishment

  • Deborah A. Martinsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2018-1-59-68
Journal volume & issue
no. 1
pp. 59 – 68

Abstract

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This article treats Dostoevskian toska, or spiritual anguish, as one of the moral emotions that links Raskolnikov and Sonya. Raskolnikov experiences an objectless anguish, whereas Sonya’s anguish is linked to her family. In Part Two of the Epilogue, however, Raskolnikov’s anguish takes Sonya for its object, a transformation that not only signals the healing of his divided self but also reinforces the novel’s message of love and faith.

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