Nietzsche has many connections throughout the novel and famous philosophies, some of the philosophies that where in the wiki article were existentialism, nihilism and postmodernism. Especially nihilism, which in latin Nihil means "nothing", ultimatley giving meaning to the philosophy. His style and questioning of the value and objectivity of truth is seen throughout the novel, mainly in the main character Raskolinkov. His key ideas include the death of God, recurrence and the Ubermensch, which I will later explain. Fyodor Dostoevsky‘s “Crime and Punishment”, is a powerful psychological study infused with philosophical themes, is delirious trip through the life of a troubled murderer. It deals with Nietzsche’s idea of a “superman”, a man capable to supresse his emotions and who extraordinary superior in thinking and above the moral rules that surronds the rest of society. The idea of "superman" came from Ubermensch, which Raskolinkov highly thinks of himself, leading to the murder of Alyona Ivanona. (a connection!!) But as the story goes on he finds himself questioning his crime.
The guilt that tourments him after the murders of Alyona Ivanovna and her sister, Lizaveta, and his recurring fainting at the mention of the murders serve as proof to him that is not made of the same stuff as the true “superman”. Which is also another connetion too Nietzsche, and his philosophy of enternal reoccurence.
The guilt that he feels is a natural part of being human and no matter how hard a person tries to claim that they can do a way with anything and " im a psycho, therefore i dont have any feelings" STOP, remorse has a way of sneaking up on them, no matter how strong and superior to those feelings a person thinks they are. Evidence of his guilt is the attempt to get rid of the stolen goods after committing the murder in an attempt to "smooth crime".
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