Anguish in Crime and Punishment

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...

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Autor principal: Deborah A. Martinsen
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Publicado: Russian Academy of Sciences. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2018
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Sumario: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.