In Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov’s “madness” can be explained in terms of a conflict of theories within himself….His final decision to make peace and compromise his logic and spirituality is Dostoevsky’s endosement of a balance of the two. …. Raskolnikov’s central delusion is his belief in his superman theory, which holds him above the rest of mankind and exempts him from its laws….This madness can be seen as reasonable because Raskolnikon does have an intellect and will that makes him superior in many ways to….The fact that the reason behind Raskolnikov’s position does not ultimately make it work or make it right shows that people have common emotional and moral qualities that transcend the intellect and rationality. Dostoevsky’s Crime and Pubishment explores sin, suffering, and salvation via an allusion to the resurrection of Lazarus as well as that of Christ….Dostoevsky, through this central allusion endorses both suffering as part of the road to salvation and piety itself. …Dostoevsky utilizes recurring symbols and the motifs of “death” and “rebirth” to parallel the Lazarus allusion to Raskolnikov himself….repeated references to the story and his differing responses to it mark his moral progress….the allusion presents the idea that realizing true morality from a state of disrepute comes through a kind of moral “rebirth” through true and selfless suffering. …. The parallels of Lazarus’s and Raskolnikov’s stories are used to enhance Dostoevsky’s point that no human conscience can escape consequences, and that the suppression of psychological feelings in favor of philosophies and theories only leads to emotional death that in the end renders life meaningless.