Crime and Punishment (manga) an exhibition dedicated to "Crime and Punishment" manga was opened in Dostoyevsky Museum in St. Petersburg. Dostoyevsky's great-grandson said: "Perhaps, in the Land of the Rising Sun such thing is normal and not considered an exotic. From Russian people point of view, it looks blasphemous. Demonstration of such comics is possible, but Russian people should not study the works of Dostoevsky on the Japanese comics". Crime and Punishment (manga) This is a manga version of the classic Russian novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Here, Osamu Tezuka draws the characters in his own unique style, and gives some key
Crime and Punishment over a barrier or a boundary is lost in translation, as is the religious implication of transgression. Raskolnikov's dreams have a symbolic meaning, which suggests a psychological view. The dream of the mare being whipped has been suggested as the fullest single expression of the whole novel, symbolizing gratification and punishment, contemptible motives and contemptible society, depicting the nihilistic destruction of an unfit mare, the gratification therein, and Rodion's disgust and horror, as an example of his conflicted character. Raskolnikov's disgust and horror is central to the theme of his conflicted character, his guilty conscience, his contempt for society, his