Suffering in Crime and Punishment In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an integral part of the role of each character. However, the message that Dostoevsky wants to convey with the main character, Raskolnikov, does not fit into the Christian idea of ​​salvation through suffering. Rather, it seems that the author never lets his main character suffer mentally in relation to the crime. His only pain appears to be physical illness. Raskolnikov commits premeditated murder in a state of delirium. He ends up committing a second murder, which he never wanted to be responsible for. He kills Lizaveta, an extremely innocent person. But does the author ever remind us of the murder again at some point in the novel? Not in the physical sense of the crime itself. The reader does not feel how much the murders weigh on his heart, or how tormented he is by visions of the crime. He doesn't feel the slightest bit guilty for having committed the crime, only his pride is hurt. He does not mention the idea of ​​pain that might result from recurring visions of the crime. Raskolnikov never again remembers the huge amount of blood everywhere, the expression on Lizaveta's face when he brings the ax down on her head. These things clearly demonstrate that the crime is not what could cause him suffering, or pain, but something else. After Raskolnikov is sent to Siberia, he feels no remorse. His feelings have not changed about his crime, he feels guilty for not being able to live up to his own ideas of greatness. He becomes depressed only when he learns of his mother's death. Raskolnikov has yet to find any reason to feel remorse for his crimes. He takes Siberia as punishment, because of how annoying it is to undergo all these formalities and ridiculousness that it entails. Yet he actually feels more at home in Siberia than in his home in St. Petersburg. It is more comfortable and has better living conditions than in his home. But he is not free to do whatever he wants. But this does not contradict what I said before. For him, Siberia is not a suffering, but a punishment, because he would prefer not to spend seven years in a cell. His theory of the extraordinary and the ordinary is something to follow and adhere to .