“If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin croucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 American Standard Version---- “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” Genesis 4:7 King James Version Everyone seeks the truth. All are bound by an innate curiosity of the world and that which lies beyond. But even more so, the questions that concern our own nature are those that most captivate us. The questions of reality and illusion, freedom and fate have fascinated us throughout history and will continue to do so for years to come.
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Raskolnikov's intellectual and rationalizing mind drives his actions leading up to and during the murder. Moments before the murder, he clears his mind: "as regards to the moral question, that his analysis was complete; his casuistry had become keen as a razor, and he could not find rational objections in himself," (67). His rational mind made up, the conflict remains within his emotional mind, which cannot comprehend such unwarranted bloodshed : "Indeed, if it had ever happened that everything to the least point could be considered and finally settled…he would renounce it all as something absurd, monstrous and impossible," (68). The two fronts of his mind are warring on the subject of the murder. However the murder goes on, albeit, sloppily. Fortunately he has a trick up his sleeve: the excuse of …show more content…
But, this quotation must be paralleled with Raskolnikov's mental sides. Unfortunately when Raskolnikov’s mind is most densely clouded, the window of opportunity for the murder appears. The emotional complaints of "How loathsome it all is! What filthy things my heart is capable of! Yes, filthy above all, disgusting, loathsome it all is!" (7) are silenced or at least alleviated by the course of fate. The argument for predestination is the best, and only case with which the rationalizing mind debates. Alas for the pawnbroker and her sister, the weaker emotional mind lost all control while the rational mind carried out the
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Raskolnikov's intellectual and rationalizing mind drives his actions leading up to and during the murder. Moments before the murder, he clears his mind: "as regards to the moral question, that his analysis was complete; his casuistry had become keen as a razor, and he could not find rational objections in himself," (67). His rational mind made up, the conflict remains within his emotional mind, which cannot comprehend such unwarranted bloodshed : "Indeed, if it had ever happened that everything to the least point could be considered and finally settled…he would renounce it all as something absurd, monstrous and impossible," (68). The two fronts of his mind are warring on the subject of the murder. However the murder goes on, albeit, sloppily. Fortunately he has a trick up his sleeve: the excuse of …show more content…
But, this quotation must be paralleled with Raskolnikov's mental sides. Unfortunately when Raskolnikov’s mind is most densely clouded, the window of opportunity for the murder appears. The emotional complaints of "How loathsome it all is! What filthy things my heart is capable of! Yes, filthy above all, disgusting, loathsome it all is!" (7) are silenced or at least alleviated by the course of fate. The argument for predestination is the best, and only case with which the rationalizing mind debates. Alas for the pawnbroker and her sister, the weaker emotional mind lost all control while the rational mind carried out the