It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's Ubermensch!

Ubermensch: the ideal superior man of the future who could rise above conventional Christian morality to create and impose his own values. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov is an ubermensch character in that he sees himself as superior to all the other characters. He believes he is above the moral obligations that all other people adhere to. When he commits the murders, he feels no pity or guilt for a large part of the novel. This lack of conscience is what qualifies him as an ubermensch. However, this theory is disproved when, at the end of the novel, Raskolnikov confesses to his crimes.