Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" is the story of a poor man in Russia who
             mentally destroys himself of his guilt through pain and suffering. It
             analyzes the mental and physical conflicts brought upon himself by his crime.
             His complications are put together by the conflicting personalities which he
             shows. The reader is encouraged to characterize him by his cold, ravenous
             side. Yet, without the warm peaceful side of his nature and the people
             evolving around him, Raskolnikov never realizes the problems in his beliefs
             and actions. Raskolnikov is repeatedly emphasized for the alternating style
             of his personality, which both are very important.
             Raskolnikov's cold side leads him to develop his theory that extra
             ordinary men have the right to commit crimes, and also to commit murder. This
             side of him bases all decisions on reasonability, rather than on feeling. A
             person can be absolutely nothing without emotions. The other side of his
             character is kind and generous. Without this side of Raskolnikov being told
             in the novel, the reader can only see him as an evil murderer, and not an
             mislead victim, as Dostoevsky tries to show.
             In the novel "Crime and Punishment," Raskolnikov shows random acts of
             kindness whenever he finds a person in need. He gives money to the Marmeladov
             family, he attempts to aid Marmeladov when he dies, and he tries to get a
             drunken girl home and away from the stranger. All of these things were done
             spontaneously. He simply feels that at the time it is the right thing to do.
             However, after a short period of time his views can reverse dramatically. He
             starts to sensibly analyze what he has done, and then feels that his actions
             were dumb and stupid. This spontaneous change shows the return of his cold
             side, and it occurs after every kind thing that Raskolnikov does.
             These changes and alterations between two different personalities give
             Raskolnikov separate visi...