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Dostoyevsky’s life was full of sufferings, hardships and mental agony which had a direct bearing on his mind and psychology. True to the meaning of his name, duality in Raskolnikov’s nature and psychology exactly matches and in consonance with the meanings of his name. The author makes use of Raskolnikov’s dreams to highlight his disturbed psyche. In Raskolnikov, Dostoyevsky depicts a clash between reason and conscience. The purpose of this research paper is to explore the concept of redemption in Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment in the light of psycho-analytical perspective. The concept of redemption through sufferings finds a conspicuous place in Dostoyevsky’s works, particularly, Crime and Punishment. Dostoyevsky depicts several perspectives in the novel Crime and Punishment.
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