Read and takes notes on the following:
http://tinyurl.com/42xdmtk
&
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch
In reading these two breakdowns of Nietzsche's theory, consider (and take notes on) specific areas of the novel that correspond to its various underpinnings.
Raskolnikov's "pairings" with other characters (Marmeladov, Porfiry, Razumikhan, Svidrigailov) depend on his vacillation between the Apollonian and Dionysian philosophies on which the Übermensch theory depends.
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RMH