Dostoyevskyisanexistentialist.Thecloseencounterwithdeathmusthaveinspiredhimtothinkaboutthemeaningofexistence.RaskolnikovisaroughimageofDostoyevskyhimself.He,too,hasthoughtaboutthemeaningofexistence.
However,Raskolnikov'sdesignforhislifecouldneverbecarriedout.Thepawnbrokerisalwayssuckingbloodfromthepoorlikehim.Infact,thewholecapitalistsocietybuildsonthepoor.Dostoyevskymakessurehisreadersunderstanditwithtwowomen'sstories–Sonya'sreluctantprostitutionandDunya'ssacrificialmarriage.That'swhyRaskolnikov,feelingthatallhiseffortisonlyenoughtokeephisexistence,feelstheabsurdityofsuchadecree.Hefeelsnoremorseabouthiscrimeagainstthepawnbroker,ashesays,
AlbertCamusthinkstherearethreewaystoescapethisabsurdity.Thefirstoneisphysicalsuicide,whichiswhatSvidrigailovchooses.Hedoesn'tfindareasonforhisexistence.Heonceputshishopeinlove,butseeingthathecannevergetit,hepulledthetriggertokillhimself.Thesecondoneisphilosophicalsuicide,whichistohavefaithinthefuturelife.Raskolnikovcan'tbringhimselftobelieveit.Raskolnikovactuallytakesthethirdescapeintheend,whichis,tonotescapeatall.Hefirsttriestoescapebybreakingthisdepressingsocialordersothathecouldcarryouthisdesignforhislife.Butitisnotsoeasytoconcealacrime.WhenheisexiledtoSiberia,whenheloseshisfreedomandenduresthephysicalpainofhardlabour,heseesthemeaningofexistence.Itisnotthegranddesignhemakesforhimself,butsimplyasinglerayofsunshine,athickforest,oracoldspring.HestartstoenjoyexistenceandgiveshishearttoSonya.BTW,IfinditamazingthatinWarandPeace,Pierrealsolivesaconfusedlife,pursuingthemeaningoflifebyjoiningFreemasonryandlaterjoiningthearmy.Buthe,too,onlyfindsthemeaningoflifeinprisonwhenhefailstoassassinateNapoleon.He,too,findsthemeaningoflifeinlifeitself.
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