Contributor NEH
People generally expect a crime like Raskolnikov’s in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment to be motivated by emotions such as anger, greed, revenge, or a desire for some kind of thrill. Intellectual crimes, those motivated by an idea, seem less common but are no less dangerous. What leads an educated young intellectual like Raskolnikov, someone with no criminal history, to commit murder with an ax?
People generally expect a crime like Raskolnikov’s in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment to be motivated by emotions such as anger, greed, revenge, or a desire for some kind of thrill. Intellectual crimes, those motivated by an idea, seem less common but are no less dangerous. What leads an educated young intellectual like Raskolnikov, someone with no criminal history, to commit murder with an ax?
Contributor NEH
LESSON PLAN
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
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