Male loneliness: Dostoevsky, Kafka and Bukowski - Dosti Regmi
Male loneliness: Dostoevsky, Kafka and Bukowski -Dosti Regmi "Crime and Punishment" is one of Dostoevsky's best literary works. Raskolnikov is the male protagonist of this novel. Out of his rationalism that if the end is good, the means doesn't matter and he kills a pawnbroker. Maybe he dreamt of being a hero like Napoleon who also was a common man before his rise. But then follows a deep psychological dilemma and turmoil. He is isolated and only after a tender love from another unfortunate but religious-minded Soniya he confesses and gets relieved of his turmoil. Dostoevsky's male character is isolated but finds solace in love. Franz Kafka was a prophet of Nihilism and doom. Gregor is the main character of Kafka's story - "The Metamorphosis". He works as a traveling salesman to provide money for his family. He wakes up one morning finding himself transformed into an insect. After the metamorphosis, Gregor becomes unable to work and is confined to...