Comparing Judgment Day in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and O’Conno

Judgment solar day in Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment and OConnors apocalypseMankind is plagued by pride. Humans constantly compare themselves to one some other and adjust their pride according to their observation of themselves in the world round them. Those who believe in an afterlife often incorporate their view of themselves and their righteousness into their perception of how they will be judged in the afterlife. Fyodor Dostoevsky and Flannery OConnor, as writers and believers in the Christian religion, portray two char mapers that en survey how they will be judged on judgment day. In Dostoevskian Vision in Flannery OConnors Revelation, Norman McMillan effectively argues that OConnors Revelation and the chapter about Marmeladovs vision in Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment share strike similarities in their themes and the experiences of their characters. In fix to effectively draw the similarities of the two themes, McMillan supports his version of the theme by accur ately characterizing Marmeladov and setting the scene for Marmeladovs vision in Part I, Chapter 2 of Crime and Punishment. As a amenable critic, McMillan must present the details of this chapter and name the theme in order to compare it with the theme of Revelation. A list of adjectives and actions that characterize Marmeladov and a exposition of Marmeladovs circumstances help the reader understand the theme apparent in his vision of that day when God will call frontwards the blessed to be with him in Paradise (McMillan 17). Marmeladov is identified as a low-life in an utterly destitute position who acknowledges his own degradation. McMillan includes the actual schoolbook about Marmeladovs vision to support his interpretation of t... ...truly is through an act of violence. Gradually, like Marmeladov, she realizes that on judgment day, the first shall be uttermost and the last shall be first. OConnor and Dostoevsky developed two pieces of literature that inevitably rou t out their readers. All their readers must face their own pride and prejudice both(prenominal) in relating with the characters feelings and admitting their own feeling of superiority over these flawed characters. some(prenominal) of these brilliant writers effectively strike their readers with their shared idea that it is only by the grace of God that anyone can be saved. Works Cited McMillan, Norman. Flannery OConnor air Department of English and Speech. Milledgeville, GA Georgia College, 1987.OConnor, Flannery. The Complete Stories. refreshed York Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1971.PID 80474Marlow Engl. 12. Sect. 37