Crime and Punishment
Perla Duenas Stensrud September 21, 2012 4 th Black Crime and Punishment OutlineCrime and Punishment Essay Outline I. Thesis Paragraph 1. In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsvky emphasizes that faith resides over rationalism. 2. This is evident through: -abandonment of Raskolnikov?s rationalism -embracing faith -recreation of Raskolnikov?s character II. Second Paragraph 1. Beginning of Raskolnikov?s changing beliefs that lead to his moral reconciliation - inability of Raskolnikov to carry out nihilist beliefs -Quote: ?Loathing especially was rising and growing in him [Raskolnikov] every moment. Not for anything in the world would he have gone back to the trunk now, or even into the rooms.?(80).