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Friday, March 11, 2016

Macbeth and Raskolnikov

When I read the scene that Macbeth kills Duncan, he reminded me Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevski. After he kills the king he cannot hide his fear and what he feels. His face was like an open-book. Any character could understand that Macbeth did something bad when he/looks to his face. Also, he hesitated to kill the king.

Please do not read this part if you are planning to read Crime and Punishment.
In  Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov kills an old lady for some money. Feeling of guilt affects him so much that his face becomes like an open-book just like Macbeth, although no one sees him killing the lady. After he comes to his house his friend understands that something bad happened to him.

To sum up, good guys may do bad things for some reason. As Machiavelli says good people may do bad things and this does not make them bad. In any case do not kill people :).

Here is a painting about Raskolnikov killing the old lady:


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  1. Professor LeonardMarch 14, 2016 at 6:54 AM

    A really good and interesting comparison: Macbeth and Raskalnikov do have a lot in common, since they think they are extraordinary men and that by killing they will achieve some greatness, but they turn out to be just ordinary... Or, we should say, human, only human, and susceptible to that "weakness" that is a guilty conscience.

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