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Dialectical Journal: Crime and Punishment
Entry I Pg.1-19
“I want to attempt a thing like that and am frightened by these trifles,” he thought, with an odd smile. “Hm … yes, all is in a man’s hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that’s an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most. … But I am talking too much. It’s because I chatter that I do nothing. Or perhaps it is that I chatter because I do nothing. I’ve learned to chatter this last month, lying for days together in my den thinking … of Jack the Giant-killer. Why am I going there now? Am I capable of that? Is that serious? It is not serious at all. It’s simply a fantasy to amuse myself; a plaything! Yes, maybe it is a plaything.”
Purpose: To lead up to future events. Give the reader an idea of what he is going to do next.
Speaker: .
Attitude: unsure confused; reassuring himself that his argument, within himself, is completely innocent. And that it could never take shape
Devices: Symbolism
He refers to Jack the Giant-Killer (The hero of the English Fairytale Jack and the bean stock.) This reference symbolizes Raskolnikov having to overcome something larger than himself or he has to do something almost impossible to comprehend ,something like killing a giant.
Meaning: This passage talks about why man doesn’t jump at every chance he gets he lets it slip away. Saying that if you want to achieve something, but are afraid of it, you must do it before rational thought comes into the picture.





















Dialectical Journal: Crime and Punishment
Entry II Pg.20-39
“Why am I to be pitied, you say? Yes! there’s nothing to pity me for! I ought to be crucified, crucified on a...