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This 4-page paper compares Perchon of Lermontov's A Hero of Our Times and Raskolnikov of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Though these two characters are vastly different, this paper points out the theme that both characters are walking contradictions.
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both novels do carry some similarity (aside from the fact that theyre both important parts of Russian literature). Its true that the plots are vastly different, as are the characters
(at least, on the surface, the characters are vastly different from one another). Yet some of these similarities include the fact that
though these novels have one unifying character, theyre actually many stories within one; with "Hero" describing many situations and "Crime" actually depicting a growing love story with the characters main
guilt. Another thing these two books share in common is that the main characters are living and walking contradictions. When it comes
to studying Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment) and Pechorin (Hero of Our Time), it seems as though the authors delight in confounding the reader by offering twists and turns through each
characters mind. Just when the reader believes he or she has the character figured out, the author throws another wrench into the works and introduces a whole new frame of
light for the character. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov is a murderer. Period. Much of the novel covers how he at first
tries to conceal his guilt before hes forced to acknowledge it or go insane (fortunately for him, the love of a good woman "saves" him and gives him hope as
he travels to Siberia for his "real" punishment). The "punishment" phase does not, of course, refer to Raskolnikovs actual punishment assigned by the court, but rather the punishment of guilt
he puts himself through (which probably makes Siberia seem almost tame in comparison). Yet Raskolnikov is a walking contradiction in that hes
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