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I do believe that these psychological guilt punishments are worse than an external punishment because Raskolnikov only has himself to blame no matter how many external outlets he seeks to point to.

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His internal punishment is far worse than his external punishment. We see throughout the text how he constantly switches from a good deed to regret especially when he gave that money to the family and immediately regretted it after. He will never have peace at home.

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Guilt is worse than external punishment. External punishment has an end - guilt does not.

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Dude is not guilty. He is v impulsive. There are similarities to Macbeth and we see perfectly clear that real guilt from murder basically leads to dying. What else could he possibly do to repent? There are mad side effects to guilt, in your body and your mind, and we do not really see those with him

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I think that external punishments are supposed to be guilt-inducing, so if someone already feels so guilty that they'd never commit a crime again, punishment isn't necessary by that logic. However, Raskolnikovs guilt is not permanent and his morals and personality are too unstable for anyone to be sure that he wouldn't commit a crime, again, so I think that some other sort of (maybe not necessarily punishment) but some sort of action by someone else needs to be taken.

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I think his psychological guilt is worse than any physical punishment because I definitely believe that mental strains can do far more damage than physical, because physical pain is really only temporary.

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I think that this comparison depends upon what the external punishment would be. However, regardless of how he is punished, Raskolnikov will still have to live with the immense guilt and have psychological distress about what he did. He will always struggle with the moral dilemma inside of his head that he is unable to escape.

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In my opinion, the guilt that psychologically affected Raskolnikov throughout the novel is worse than any external punishment. This is because he suffered so much psychological imprisonment within his own mind, as he developed many other uncomfortable feelings. Unconsciously, he was punishing himself by constantly lying, overthinking, contemplating his own morals and motivations, and developing the fear of being physically punished.

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I think the guilt that he feels is worse than external punishment because he will never be able to escape his own mind. He will always be the person who took the lives of innocent people. He cannot just pretend it never happened because the past cannot be reversed. Raskolnikov will have to live with his actions and the guilt that comes with them forever.

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The guilt is definitely worse because he has gone so long without real external punishment but in his mind he's losing track of dates and times and losing his sense of reality.

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Yes, guilt is worse than external punishment. External punishment has an end - guilt does not.

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In a legal sense, we always want the guilty person to be physically punished by going to jail but in a more literal sense, this constant back and forth Raskolnikov has in his mind is the worst kind of punishment possible. If he was put into jail and deemed guilty and a bad person, he would have certainty and know what he did was wrong and have to sit and jail and think about what he did. But by him having no external punishment, his internal punishment is left to his conscious, a cruel jailer who will never let him know id what he did was wrong or not. It will slowly consume him from the inside out, destroying mind and body while external punishment may only deteriorate the body.

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I think that the psychological guilt that Raskolnikov faces is worse than external punishment because it never leaves him. No matter what good he does do, like giving out money, he is haunted by the murders he committed. Even the attempts at rationalizing his actions don't seem to alleviate his mental suffering. External punishments, such as prison, could be rationalized and handles with much more ease than the constant and unrelenting psychological suffering that Raskolnikov is facing

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I do think that the psychological impacts of Raskolnikov's guilt are far worse than any physical suffering he experiences. So far, Raskolnikov hasn't even been put in jail or had any real external punishments inflicted on him for committing a crime. Rather, the torment he experiences comes from inside himself. This occurs to such a great degree that it makes Raskolnikov irrational and even feel ill at various times in the novel.

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I believe that for Raskolnikov specifically the psychological punishment from guilt is worse than the external punishment because he suffers from paranoia, isolation, and overall a change in personality that affects his relationships and thought processes. However I think the need for external punishment is more important in society because not everyone has such a complex moral system. Most people commit a crime because they want to and often they feel justified in doing so, which is why external punishments are necessary for them in order to give them a consequence other than morally to stop them from doing so again.

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In order to reflect back on what we learned today, please answer the following question:                    Is the guilt that psychologically affected Raskolnikov worse than an external punishment? Why or why not?

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In order to reflect back on what we learned today, please answer the following question:                    Is the guilt that psychologically affected Raskolnikov worse than an external punishment? Why or why not?