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I have only read two books in april: The widow of the south Robert Hicks Crime & Punishment Dostojevsky

Last night I was wondering about the book. And I did a character id on all the male and female ones. It was interesting to see what different personalities, Dostojevsky shows us. Another thing about the female ones, is that, at that time women could not get an education but still Raskalnikov is...

I have finished the book! Came across something which I find interesting. In section 6, chapter 4, Svidrigajlov says something like this: " Everybody has to take care of themselves, and the one who can lie to themself has the most joyful life" I have been wondering, why does Svidrigajlov...

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Know what you mean, Peder! :D Maybe they have all received those happy pills and gone all zombie??!!

I have just finished section 5. And I have found a looooong report of C&P on the internet. Its not like the Freud thing, but she does have some good points. So now I am reading the last section and this: http://www.e-text.org/text/Dostoevsky%20-Fyodor%20%20Crime%20and%20Punishment.doc

Well Doctor SFG75, He may have a lack of appetite but not eating doesnt help his state of mind at all! I know from myself if I have had little or bad food for just a day or two then my mind doesnt work proper. So I would say, no eating, only makes his symptoms worse. Another thing. He is...

I noticed something last night while reading. Raskolnikov never seems to eat! I know this has nothing to do with a literature analysis but still! I can only remember him eating when he was brought soup while being ill. I dunno if that done on purpose by Dostojevsky or he simply hasnt been...

I cant really come up with a Danish author due to I am not reading those kinds of books myself. Leif Davidsen used to be a newsreporter stationed in Moscow, so he knows what he talking about when he writes about russia. Maybe Liza Marklund is more your line? She is Swedish and in the novels...

SFG, I have just finsihed section no. 2. And boy was it great! I was so thrilled and excited last night reading in bed. Dosto simple writes so brilliantly! The last couple of chapters is really about what we talked about the id and the super-ego. The whole scene from where Raskolnikov gets...

Good luck with your granddaughter, Muggle! I think its so cool no matter what time she will finish, and this is coming from a runner. Flower

Happy birthday! Hope you have a nice day and a happy easter!

How about a danish author? Leif Davidsen has written several books translated into many languages. He is not into medical stuff, more into spy and international crime stuff. Dunno if that could have an interest?

This has really got me thinking! I never thought that the ego could be absent! But after thinking more carefully about it, I think I understand what you mean. That you can be in the power of either the id or the super-ego, they somehow take over. I think everybody has felt the id to take over...

The thing here is that he does NOT use the stolen money, he hides them! So I am thinking that there is some other reason behind his actions, he is just trying to reason killing her with this "giving the money to the poor" thing. I have had a little break from reading and have just finished...

SFG75, I read that report last night. I have one question which I hope you can clear up for me. On page 3 it says: "The id seeks gratification in the masochistic self-abuse of guilt, while the super-ego is also placated by the morality of martyrdom. It is commonly accepted that a weak ego is...

Good afternoon! Love the little smiley with his coffee and newspaper! :D

SFG75, I am in section 2 and have read chapter 1-3. In chapter 2, Raskolikov starts to question why he did the crime. I find that interesting. He remembers that he had not even looked into the purse before wanting to through it out. My question has been "why did he do it, what motivated...

Ions, I agree with you, that its very important with the right translation. I do however not read Dostojevsky in English, but in Danish. Some of his books, I have read in an old translation but I have got The posessed and C&P in a fairly new translation. The translator received some kind of...

:D Well I havent read so much of the book yet but No I dont think he was insane. In my understanding then you cannot understand the world and act in it like he does if you are insane. I do however think he has some anxiety of some kind. Somthing inside of him is controlling him. And its...