Raskolnikov's revival in Crime and PunishmentRaskolnikov, in Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, is a complex character who is difficult to understand. He believes himself superior to the rest of humanity and therefore believes he has the right to commit murder. After killing Alena Ivanovna, an old pawnbroker, Raskolnikov discovers that his supposed superiority has cut him off from others. He exists in a self-created alienation from the world around him. Raskolnikov drifts through life, unable to participate in it. It is only thanks to Sonya that Raskolnikov gradually manages to regain his connection with humanity; she helps him understand that, even if he can't be superior to others, she still loves him. Although he finds it difficult to reject his theory that certain individuals might commit acts that are not permitted to ordinary people, Raskolnikov admits that he is not such an individual, that he is ordinary. Thanks to this realization and Sonya's love for him, he finds the strength to confess his crime and accept responsibility for it; this allows him to slowly begin to rejoin the world around him. It is at first difficult to understand why Raskolnikov plots to murder the old pawnbroker. As a compassionate person, Raskolnikov finds the idea of ​​violence abhorrent. While contemplating the murder of Alena Ivanovna, he dreams of an incident from his childhood where several peasants beat a horse to death. He is horrified by the brutality and senseless cruelty of the peasants; after Mikolka, the horse's owner, hits the mare with a crowbar and ultimately kills her, young Raskolnikov runs to the body sobbing and kisses the mare, then attempts to attack Mikolka. He asks his father: "Dad, why is the middle of a paper......al of a man, of his gradual regeneration, of his slow progression from one world to another." Although dearly bought, Raskolnikov finally found inner peace. Works Cited Barnhart, Joe and Linda Kraeger. Dostoyevsky on evil and atonement: the ontology of personalism in his major fiction. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. Cameron, Norman, trans. Freedom and Tragic Life: A Study of Dostoyevsky. By Vyecheslav Ivanov. New York: Noonday Press, 1960. Dostoyevsky, Feodor. Crime and punishment. Trans. Jessie Coulson. Ed. Georges Gibian. New York: Norton, 1964. Gibson, A Boyce. Dostoyevsky's religion. Philadelphia: Westmenster Press, 1973. Morsm, Gary Saul. "How to read. Crime and punishment." Commentary 1992 June O'Grady, Desmond. “The Life of Dostoyevsky: Apostle of Inner Freedom.” Commonwealth November, 1994: 6-7.