Opinions VS. Emtions
Throughout Crime and Punishment, Rodya is in constant turmoil with himself. He battles his emotions against what he believed was fact or reality. Rodya wrote an article on how superior people have the right to live above "the law." Including the right to murder people without having to receive the punishment of committing the crime. Rodya's opinions in this article show a reality that is different from what most believe is moral and acceptable. With this different perception of reality Rodya commits a murder, but then strangely he consumed by the guilt of his actions. This guilt turns into paranoia, and conflict with in himself between his article(his opinions) and what he feels(his emotions). His inner turmoil challenges what he believed to be reality causing him to be in a state of confusion and forcing him to decide what it is that he believes is true. The most intriguing part of the story is the concept, well the question really that it presents; Is reality constructed by opinions or emotions? Can they both combine and make reality, or are they too different? From what Rodya ultimately decides, to come clean for the murder, it shows an example of opinions being too temporary to overpower emotion. Displaying Rodya's reality, based on his opinions, to be easily shattered by what he feels.
Emotions are such subtle things but they hold an incredible power on the way a reality is constructed. They way one feels about any situation shapes their interpretation of that assurance, creating their reality.
Nice entry.
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His inner turmoil challenges what he believed to be reality causing him to be in a state of confusion and forcing him to decide what it is that he believes is true.