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This 3 page paper analyzes the minor character of Zossimov in Doestoyevsky's work, Crime and Punishment. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Many themes emerge from such an undertaking, each character tied in to either one or more of the themes. Zossimov, the young doctor who works with Raskolnikov, illustrates the fine
line between genius and madness, action and direction of action. Zossimov appears early on in the novel. He is a very young doctor and highly interested in abnormal psychology. As
such, then, he is fascinated by Raskolnikovs psychological state of mind. Raskolnikov has committed several heinous murders but the memory of the deaths haunts him. Zossimov works with Raskolnikov
longer than with any other patient and in the end concludes that Raskolnikov is not insane. He states: Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while
the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions-its like a dream (Dostoyevsky 197). In many ways Raskolnikov is not insane, but he does have
sociopathic tendencies. He is so certain that most criminals are caught because they are stupid that he sets out to prove it. In the end, he turns himself in as
he realizes that extent of his madness. Zossimov plays several roles within this novel and within Chapter seventeen. First, Zossimov is one of those secondary, or minor characters, who
serve as a catalyst. It is because of Zossimovs prying and prodding that the reader is able to understand what is going on inside of Raskolnikovs mind and what his
motivations might be. Secondly, Zossimov provides a forum for Raskolnikov to expound upon his conclusions and about the turn that his life has taken throughout the course of the
novel. Utilizing this technique, then, the writer has no need for extensive narration. The reader knows what Zossimov knows or suspects about Raskolnikov and the reader, likewise, is privy to
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