In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Raskolnikov drastically changes by the end of the story ceasing to believe in his original philosophy about life God and the universe Throughout the novel the main character undergoes this change of personality and ideas with the help of Svidrigailov Sonya and his essentially good conscience Even though Raskolnikovs change of heart could be overlooked or doubted because of the complexity of ever changing thoughts and feelings that he reveal