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

Judgment Day in Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment and OConnors disclosureMankind is plagued by pride. Humans constantly compare themselves to one another and adjust their pride according to their observation of themselves in the world around them. Those who mean in an afterlife often incorporate their view of themselves and their morality 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, demo two characters that envision 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 nigh Marmeladovs vision in Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment share striking similarities in their themes and the experiences of their characters. In order to effectively draw the similarities of the two themes, McMillan supports his interpretation of the theme by accurately characte rizing Marmeladov and setting the scene for Marmeladovs vision in Part I, Chapter 2 of Crime and Punishment. As a responsible 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 description of Marmeladovs circumstances help the reader understand the theme apparent in his vision of that day when God will call forward 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 text 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 last and the last shall be first. OConnor and Dostoevsky developed two pieces of literature that inevitably awaken their readers. All their readers must face their own pride and prejudice both in relating with the characters musical notes and admitting their own feeling of superiority over these flawed characters. Both 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 Bulletin Department of English and Speech. Milledgeville, GA Georgia College, 1987.OConnor, Flannery. The Complete Stories. New York Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1971.PID 80474Marlow Engl. 12. Sect. 37