Crime and Punishment his initial version remains a matter of speculation. According to Joseph Frank, "one possibility is that his protagonist began to develop beyond the boundaries in which he had first been conceived". The notebooks indicate that Dostoevsky became aware of the emergence of new aspects of Raskolnikov's character as the plot developed, and he structured the novel in conformity with this "metamorphosis". The final version of "Crime and Punishment" came into being only when, in November 1865, Dostoevsky decided to recast his novel in the third person. This shift was the culmination of a long struggle, present through all the early
Religion and capital punishment capital punishment were not explicitly mentioned and are left up to future society to decide. Details such as severity of the crime and methods of punishment are left up to the Universal House of Justice. Regarding arson, there is a difference in what type of "house" is burned. A person may be punished accordingly depending on the structure set on fire. The Baha'i faiths views on capital punishment stem from the faiths strong belief in bettering society as a whole. There is a very strong focus on not showing retaliation or getting revenge, but rather that it is the duty