The times that Fyodor wrote the "idiot" has not change, not one bit.. he told us how back then, how humanity steps on innocence and kindnes and how morbid we are for pain and suffering on others, at the hands of hose who feel misery and pity for themselves, that was then and is still now.....Crime and punishment simple another masterpiece...

Dostoyevsky is one of the most extraordinary psychologists of all time. He studied human psychology and the deep roots of human kindness, nobility and compassion. Such values are found in Raskolnikov despite the crimes he committed.

I swear that if it hadn't been for Raskolnikov's kindness, generosity, nobility and compassion, the book Crime and Punishment would not have been one of the most extraordinary books all time.

This is the only film I've seen that has been true to the book! I love it!

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I will soon start writing a 4000-word comparative essay on Dostoyevsky's Crime & Punishment, and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. I really love C&P, and so I thought what better way to wrap my head around the entirety of the novel than to choose it as the subject of my essay? Cheers!

Thank you very much for VDOs. Make me more understand about the story in book.

I agree

that actress that plays the old lady is amazing...

I repeat: Blaise Pascal once said that humankind's evil is born of an inability to stay put in its own room. And Dostoevsky said that perhaps Hell is merely a lone chair in an otherwise empty room. And I say: A wop bop a lu lop, a lop bam boom.

Merton College, whoop! ;P Fantastic documentary.

Razumikhin obviously is another great character

what is the best translation of this novel?

I recommend for all those who want to deepen their knowlage of dostoyevsky's work and philosophy that you read Lev Sestov's The Revelations of Death.

I start reading this book tomorrow

@Youlube32 "And you've drawn this conclusion from two comments I've left." Yes. I have. What else would I draw it from?

@lyon1535 On what basis? Is it because it happens to be inconvenient for you? Dostoyevsky himself was an Orthodox believer who underwent a conversion experience while in a Siberian prison. Throughout the book there are innumerable Christian symbols. For example, in Raskolnikov's scenes with Sonya the symbols of Lazarus raised from the dead and Sonya's giving Raskolnikov a cross; and later the idea that there is redemption through suffering, etc.

@lyon1535 Of course it was Dostoyevsky's intention. If you read the book carefully you will notice that Raskolnikov's redemption is a specifically Christian redemption.

How come Marmeladov talked to Raskolnikov about his life? Because he saw through Raskolnikov's soul and knew that he wouldn't be indifferent to his problems.

Blaise Pascal said that humankind's evil is born of an inability to stay put in its own room. And Dostoevsky said that perhaps Hell is a lone chair in an otherwise empty room. And I say: A wop bop a lu lop, a lop bam boom.

@jerryhello100 lol good one

@gclancy51 Well, in answer to you question, it matters because if you are going to interpret a novel correctly you need to understand what the author intended; and it is clear that Dostoyevsky's book is Christian from center to periphery. Look, for example, in "The Cambridge Companion to Dostoyevskii". You read him in *your* way; I'll read him in *his* way. What do you mean: "pre-enlightenment times"? Dostoyevsky lived a long time after the (so-called) Enlightenment.

@Salvac88 LOL, wtf....how??

Our concepts of democracy foundation pre-dates christianity look at the republic of rom, Ancient Greek philosophy, the Iroquois system that influence the american one and other minor societies hade minor elements we may call sort of democratic like the ting system in ancient scandinavia. Also democracy in the modern sense arose from the idea that people should controll there destiny in there nation not a absolute monarch sanctioned by a diety.

@Youlube32 "Dostoevsky FTW" and "There are no words to describe him"... this is a problem of you not giving a "full analysis"? Funny stuff. Problem here is simple, and thanks for helping me grasp it better with your more substantive compliments to the author: you don't understand what makes Dostoevsky a great novelist. This is what bothered me about your empty praise to begin with. I don't care about a full analysis or not; I care about people actually understanding what they say.

@Youlube32 Exaggeration is fun!

I agree. This actor plays him far too confident. Raskolnikov was conflicted and surprisingly lacking in self-confidence (except in some moments of mania when he justifies his actions to himself) for someone committing such an awful crime. The actor rather thinks he swaggered about like Alex DeLarge.

Bin Laden was a very cultured multilingual heir who used his money much like Che Guevara..religion is not the cause of war by any means

Atheism isnt amoral but it is a product of the State. Heidegger said no man is without religion.

@bayreuth79 So what? A non-athiest in pre-enlightenment times? He was on the very cusp, and unfortunately rolled back to his safe ground. However his obsversations on the human psyche/suffering and amorality (he lambasted Christians too, if you read the brothers Karamazov), stop judging by our modern standards please, this revisionist stuff does no justice to the actual place and time he depicts.

@Youlube32 I don't hate Dostoevsky. Your statement is an exaggeration, and a meaningless one at that. Why not actually point to what makes him great, or what about his mind was brilliant, instead of throwing around empty compliments?

@Youlube32 I think he was a literary genius. We don't agree about why. That's the point. Stop trying to analyze my emotions, and stop backing down from the point at hand. Your praise was empty and meaningless. I judged it as such. You offer nothing but more empty praise, or, at best, emotionalism about how his characters 'mean so much to you'. Any novelist can create characters which 'mean so much' to someone. Regarding how bothered I am, perhaps it's because I take this art form seriously.

I am an atheist and it is not because of any state. I simply do not belive in any god. There are tribes like the Piraha who do not belive in a god either they do not know the concept of state. I personaly am a atheist existentialist

Better look Soviet adaptation of 1969. It is considered the best. But this movie is just awful. Western people will never understand our classical writers.

I love Dostojewski and Crime and Punishment but wtf is this shit lol

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