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The Temporary Insanity Explanation

Also known as temporary insanity, abnormal mental condition.

The legal and medical explanation that Raskolnikov's crime came from temporary abnormality rather than ordinary greed. In the epilogue, it helps shape the sentence, but it cannot fully explain either the theory before the crime or the spiritual emptiness after it.

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The Temporary Insanity Explanation