Consequence Mapping

This analytical worksheet is designed for Grades 10-12 and helps students trace how Raskolnikov’s choices drive both the plot and his psychological decline in Crime and Punishment. Using a provided model example, students map five key decisions by identifying each choice, explaining its immediate consequences, and analyzing its long-term effects on characters, events, and Raskolnikov’s moral state. The structured approach makes Dostoevsky’s complex cause-and-effect patterns clearer and more accessible.

Learning Goals

• Plot & Structure Analysis (Upper Secondary ELA) – Understand how decisions propel narrative development
• Cause-and-Consequence Reasoning – Distinguish between short-term outcomes and long-term repercussions
• Character Development Study – Analyze how choices contribute to Raskolnikov’s unraveling and eventual confession
• Critical Thinking – Synthesize how individual actions connect to broader moral and thematic ideas

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Aligned with high school literature and analysis standards
• Scaffolded Model Example – Supports students as they learn to map complex consequences
• Deepens Psychological Insight – Highlights how guilt, isolation, and fear accumulate over time
• Narrative Clarity – Helps students visualize how seemingly small decisions have cascading effects
• Flexible Use – Ideal for close reading, guided analysis, review, or formative assessment
• Low Prep – Print-and-use worksheet with clear sections and focused prompts

This consequence mapping worksheet helps students move beyond isolated events to see Crime and Punishment as an interconnected web of choices and outcomes. By tracking how Raskolnikov’s decisions produce both immediate reactions and lasting consequences, learners strengthen comprehension of narrative structure, character development, and Dostoevsky’s exploration of morality and responsibility.

This worksheet is part of our Crime and Punishment Worksheets collection.