About raskolnikovs views about suffering and human nature

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From Crime and Punishment

"Suffering and pain are always mandatory for broad minds and deep hearts"(246).

What does this mean? How is suffering needed for a broad mind if it is the outcome of being weak and having a conscience? Is this Raskolnikov unknowingly acknowledging that a conscience is needed to be a good person?

"He can suffer if he's got one and if he acknowledges his mistake. That'll be his punishment."(246)

What does this quote mean?

What do these quotes show about Raskolnikovs views about suffering, human nature, himself, and his crime?

"They mobilized entire armies, but no sooner did these armies set out than they began to tear themselves to pieces' '(514).

What does this quote mean?

"There were calling to him, laughing ... There was something infinitely hideous and offensive about this laughter, about these eyes, about this vileness in the face of a child"(479).

What does this show about Svidrigialovs realization?

What do these dreams from Raskolnikov and Svidrigialov show about their similarities and differences? How do they cause Svidrigialov to kill himself after waking up, but cause Raskolnikov to accept his new life, understanding his guilt and wrong beliefs about being an extraordinary man?

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