Crime_And_Punishment

Crime And Punishment Crime and Punishment The tone of the scene in Crime and Punishment was violent and at the same time also calm and sensual. Rashkolnikov’s eagerness to take away life has transformed him into a careless mad man who resorted to any measures to get what he wants. The description of each action demonstrates Rashkolnikov’s awareness of his surroundings and proves that he is sane and understands all of his choices. The diction of this passage conveys mental madness, “…Am I going out of my mind…” because of having read the letter from his mom and sister about their sacrifices for his education has driven him to find any means to prove himself. Rashkolnikov is an educator and has lost his self worth and feels powerless, “he froze, … still as death” with his actions he feels each ounce of gained mental and physical power. Before Rashkolnikov had no control of his life or what was in stored for the future, he would have money and the next broke again. His mother and sister have already made decisions in order to help his with his future and feels like he has given nothing in return. The love he has for his rashkolnikov, actions, time, himself, murder, mental, each, state, sister, rashkolnikov’s, mind, life, felt, feels, detail, understands, taking, take, seemed, same, punishment, power, person, over, others, made, lost, lives, killer, just, future, done, doing, describe, demonstrates