Raskolnikov thinks of himself as “extraordinary” and believes that extraordinary men have the right to commit a crime if it is for the good of humanity. He commits a murder, killing a despicable pawnbroker and her sister, to prove his point.
I remember thinking “he is so isolated and self absorbed” and completely out of touch with reality. I understood his anguish, he did everything right, he is extremely smart, good looking and hardworking. Why was he in this predicament; so poor that he couldn’t afford to eat or pay his rent? Why should an extraordinary man have to live this way while mean horrible awful people were allowed to have better lives and make the lives of decent people miserable? In his mind killing such horrible people is justifiable.
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