Criticism of Feudalism in Dostoevsky'sCrime and Punishment and Chekhov'sThe Cherry Orchard

Abstract

This research explores thecriticismoffeudalismas portrayed in FyodorDostoevsky’s novelCrimeand Punishmentand Anton Chekhov’s playTheCherry Orchard.Alena Ivenovna and MadameRenevskya arethe scionsof gentry. They have accumulated the money beyond expectation andtherest of peopleinboth works of literature are peasantry. The central conflicts is between the class contradictions—aristocratic characters and peasantry.Raskolnikoff is a radical characterand his practices are to demolish the social system-feudalism.Raskolnikoff killsAlena Ivenovnato liberate the whole peasantry economically. Raskolnikoff’s alienation,Sonya’s prostuition, channelization of mass culture by feudalists to suck mass peasantryare the other indicative subjectsdealtinCrime and Punishment. Classinversions led by Lopakhin, anti-feudalistic ethos of Chekhov arethe remarkablelydealt subjects inThe Cherry Orchard.