Crime and Punnishment Reveals

Raskolnikov, the main character, in Crime and Punnishment deals with the issue of why evil is so attractive. He comits a severe crime and does not see his actions as being wrong. He dewls on the idea of "the extraordinary man" which explains that it is ok to kill a bad person. Therefore he kills the old pawn shop lady because she had done evil to others by cheating them out of their money. He does not feel gulit or remorse for a good portion of the novel and continues to live his life with this crime over his head. In this case I do not believe that Raskolnikov is attracted to the evil of killing this woman but rather trying to be good by "saving the world of her evilness." Ultimately he is evil though becasue he has comiited a very evil act even though he might not have perceived it as wrong.