Redemption. (You know, that one movie with the black guy? I think?)

Raskolnikov definitely seems to be going a bit loco. He's clearly starting to give off clues by being delusional when talking to the inspector, claiming he knows quite a bit about the murders. (Oh, I'm sure he does.) He nearly gives off clues that might lead the police to consider him a suspect but they just simply think that he's gone mad. Which in a way I guess is good for Raskolnikov. It's quite evident that Luzhin is a total prick. Cocky and full of himself. Always trying to make a point about something he probably knows nothing about. Raskolnikov and Razumikhin are clearly not impressed with this guys attitude and eventually get him angry enough that he runs out. On a more sentimental note, Marmeladov is dying. He was trampled by horses and there's definitely no way he is going to survive. He dies in the arms of Sonya, his daughter. Raskolnikov seems to be quite caring to the family. Giving them 20 rubles and heading out back home. He considers him self partially redeemed. He then visits Razumikhin who is slightly drunk, tells Rasko that Zassimov believes he is mad. Raskolinikov then becomes faint. He and Razumikhin return to his room where Pulcheria and Dunya are waiting for him. They are quite sad to hear about his condition but then he ends up just passing out.

So, let's get this straight here. Just because he commits one good deed, he's already considering himself partially redeemed? In a way, yes, he did do a good thing by giving them 20 rubles but that still doesn't account for the fact that you murdered 2 innocent people! What he did was terrible and I don't feel as if he can be redeemed. Maybe a life time full of guilt and suffering sounds pretty good, don't you think? Sure he might be all messed up for the rest of his life but he deserves it.

I'd definitely have to say that what mostly influences my values is common sense. It SHOULD be common sense that killing people is wrong. Even if they aren't innocent. Let them face their own fate. Don't play the role of God by taking it into your own hands.