So this blog works. Excellent.
I don't know if I'm supposed to write about Crime and Punishment right now, uhm, so I'm going to bring up the subject of Raskolnikov's complete insanity. I think he's crazy insane. He keeps talking to himself, shivering, and isolating himself from everyone; even his best friends. Some argue Rask. is not insane, but just completely consumed by guilt of the murder that he cannot function properly. But, even before the murder, he was quite crazily talking to himself and tried to avoid company while at the same time craving it.
He even called himself a "verging" hypochondriac. I think he's insane. Just saying.
You've got a good point. I really don't know what to think of Rask. At times I definitely sympathize for him and think, hey he's just like one of us! and then other times I'm like whoa, get a hold of yourself man! Also, wasn't he isolating himself before the murder BECAUSE he was thinking about doing so? He started isolating himself before because he was so guilty and disgusted with himself to the point where he didn't deserve much human contact or interaction? That's just what I'm thinking...
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ReplyDeleteI actually think the talking to himself and avoiding company while craving it is, in fact, due to psychological distress. I know from experience that people who have suffered a tumultuous shift of circumstance tend to get a bit out-of-whack; for example, up until perhaps a year ago, it was not uncommon for me to talk to myself, ponder ridiculous ideas and impossibilities, and, yes, even crave company while doing my utmost to avoid it.
Crazy Sarah was crazy.
Remeber that insanity is doing something the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome?
ReplyDeleteWell i think he's crazy, but maybe he's not insane? It sure seems like it though...
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ReplyDeleteI've also noticed that he forgets, like, EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I totally sympathize for the guy. I mean, he is constantly questioning his sanity and it it is just so frustrating. It is like I know his insanity is there, but he doesn't. And I'm sad. But sometimes, like on page 141, he begins to grasp that he is crazy, but it fades away within moments. He feels that awful "sensation" that he doesn't "understand" and is swallowed by "solitude" and "remoteness." It's like his subconcious is trying to get to him, but he can't "clearly" identify it.
ReplyDeleteYea, I definitely think insanity is different from being crazy. Insanity seems like a more lasting, deep affect while being crazy might just be temporary? In this case Rask may be acting crazy because of his guilt and stress, which may in the long run lead to insanity because he can't stop the crazed, guilt-ridden thoughts, etc?...
ReplyDeleteAnd by "it" I mean his insanity. It reminds me of the literary device aside (oh joy). The audience knows something that someof the characters in the play don't. And you can't tell them. That's how I feel.
ReplyDeleteOhhh. I like Megatron's comment, that makes more sense to me!
ReplyDeleteI think you're right MEGATRON. Crazy just sounds so negative. His type of "lack of sanity" just seems like a paranoia of sorts that existed even before the murder. On page 13, it says he was afraid to approach absolutely anyone. I don't think the murder caused it, I guess is my point. But you're right, it's definitely been a lasting thing. Since who knows when...
ReplyDeleteTara, I actually think that's called dramatic irony.
ReplyDeleteIt's not dramtic irony... Its aside, actually! Thanks.
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