Religion in Crime and Punishment: -Raskolnikov’s Pilgrimage Towards Salvation- “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25-36 In the epic novel of poverty, sin and redemption, one of the most apparent themes is that of religious belief. In Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky …showed first 75 words of 1478 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1478 total…and man On the road to his salvation and his freedom he experiences the slavery when his conscience shrivels and dies, he reasons and excuses himself sinking deeper into his desperation, effecting his body and mind. In conclusion it seems even more obvious that the underlying reasons for Dostoyevsky’s inclusion of religious ideas and theories on punishment are to intrigue the reader and to make the novel more meaningful to any audience. Word count: 1460