Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky The youth exuberance that blossomed in his mind had brought Raskolnikov to an idea of dividing men into two categories: ordinary and extraordinary. His idea was somehow influenced by his view on how Napoleon and other men of history overstepped the law because they had the right to shed blood. Raskolnikov knew that he was an intelligent fellow and he wanted to prove that an extraordinary man like he could overcome all the obstacles to do what he deserved to do. With the setting of his unfortunate economy, he saw that the useless human being like the pawnbroker lady who tortured the poor must vanish from the earth. He began to take his idea to trial where he got his luck all the way, even after the slaughter was done. He was trembling, though, when he swung the weapon into the lady's head. But then he felt a cold shivering, a sensation that was new to him. Unfortunately, he had to shed more blood. It was of the lady's sister, wh...
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