I now realize that even though Rask stole some jewelry and things from Alyona that it wasn't only greed that led Rask to kill the woman. I thought that Rask was driven by greed because he was going to kill her for money but now I see he was driven by greed and madness. His Plans were so intricate that it revealed how sick he really was. He didn't even think about getting caught or repercussions until after the fact. He did take some jewelry but no money which shows he really did think he was doing the world a favor by killing Alyona, and by taking her jewelry he was doing himself a favor as well. However, now he feels guilty and he didn't just kill Alyona he killed Lizaveta too. He didn't want to kill Lizaveta but in order to really save himself from getting caught he had to. Throughout the rest of the book though he feels remorse but also tries to validate her death almost like he had a split personality. He's tormented but also feels it was the right thing to do and he still feels sort of like a hero because he rid the world of such a vile person. On the contrary however he can't tell anyone he did the crime so he's tormented by the fact that he can't get recognition for his "heroism" either.
posted by Nateil O.
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I dont think that Rask killed the woman out of greed at all. i think he had a god complex about being able to judge who was good and evil. i agree that rask took some items almost by mistake(he was interrupted by the sister). i wish i that neither the sister nor the two random men came so we could have seen what rask would have done: whether he would have ransacked the place for all its money or left most of it alone? i think then we would have been able to see if he was greedy or not.
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