Posted by Viktor Nevelskov on March 21, 19100 at 06:56:12:

In Reply to: svidrigailov posted by simone on March 20, 19100 at 10:48:35:

: What is svidrigailov's philosophy as compared
: to raskolnikov's? at one point raskolnikov says
: "our wrongdoings cannot be compared" if so, how
: "does svidrigailov explain his choices in life.
: i see him in complete opposition to raskolnikov.
: ideas?

Svidrigailov's philoshopy is the same as that of Raskolnikov, except taken to an extreme. He also believes himself to be a Nietzschean superman, but more completely than does Rodion. His suicide foreshadows Raskolnikov's punishment in Siberia, and serves as another example of the human's need to be given punishment for their actions.
Rodya believes that Svidrigailov is a common s, and cannot see himself in the mirror, believing Svid to be a lower rather than a person just like him, trying to prove himself higher than all others because of intellectual capacity. He is unable to prove this, and in the end takes his punishment without complaint and is redeemed.

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