o blame for his or her evil but
             oneself. On the other hand, the idea of nurture relays the cause of evil in man due to
             his society, environment, and peers. Instances throughout time, have brought evidence
             to support both theories defining why the conflict still exists.
             In order to decide if the cause is nature or nurture in a certain occurrence, one can break the evil into three categories of moral, radical, and metaphysical. These broad categories entail different "kinds" of evil broken down into groups, putting them in order of harshness according to the form in which they appear.
             In the novel Crime and Punishment, the author Feodor Dostoevsky paints a picture
             of a man's environment and how evil has affected him. This "environment" reveals a dark,
             depressing society lurking with instances of evil. Through his characters' trials and
             tribulations, Dosteovsky answers the question of the cause of evil in man in the forms of
             Crime and Punishment portrays evil mostly in the main character Raskolnikov. This main character is constantly weathered with mixed emotions driving him at times almost to delirium. Dosteovsky focuses frequently upon the wicked, yet normal mind of Raskolnikov.
             Dosteovsky's powerful appeal to our intellectual interests is most directly and naturally linked to the action. (Rahv 592)
             In other words, Dosteovsky is showing how a relatively intelligent person is
             vulnerable to indulge in such pure evil.
             Moral evil categorizes evil as wrongful actions done knowingly to misfortune or
             harm in a society consisting of moral principles. Examples in past and present time include
             common traits such as greed, lust, and hate. Particular crimes associated with moral evil
             These actions are subject to judgment and punishment, mitigation, and aggravation, repentance and remission. (Shattuck 76)
             The main character, Raskolnikov displays two instances of moral evil. Although,...