Comment on Jessica

     I strongly agree with your first couple of sentences. Raskolnikov was a completely different man prior to the murders her committed. Although he was a college dropout and had no money, Raskolnikov was always a prideful man. He always viewed himself as superior to anyone else around him. After the murder was committed his attitude shifted to a different extreme. His guilt caused his mental instability and physical health to decline, making him weaker and more vulnerable. At times his pride returns and he wants others to know what he is capable, but then we later see him begging Sonya for help and a way to return to a normal life.