In this part of the novel Raskolnikov is getting closer and closer to revealing he is the murderer. Razumikin already knows it is Raskolnikov after the stare down they had at the end of chapter 3. Raskolnikov then goes to the police station, after meeting with sonya, to acquire his watch from the magistrate. Raskolnikov loses it a bit and pretty much confessed, but before he could go outright and say “I SHANKED HER” some random came in and confessed to the murders.
Nietzsche was a german philosopher that was involved with three major philosophies, Existentialism, nihilism, and post-modernism. Existentialism basically says a person’s action define the meaning of life. Nihilism says that any morality that exists was manmade. Post-modernism says strongly relates to critical theory. Now when I read the three wiki articles I realized I can’t read one without reading all three. Although I read the articles I was able to connect nihilism and existentialism to Raskolnikov. Such as Raskolnikov believing that he can do as he pleases because he is an ubermensch or at least he wanted to test if he was. He also tries to find reasons to go through with the murder and voids all morality to do so. To be honest I just thought Raskolnikov was just crazy but he is following a philosophy and testing it.
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