The book Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky has a main ideology on which the novel is based. The protagonist, Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment, embodies the idea of ​​nihilism and the Übermensch. Dostoevsky positions the main character with the ideology he wishes to shed light on. In this case, Dostoevsky, hoping to criticize the philosophy of nihilism, allows Raskolnikov to believe that he is some sort of Übermensch, who transcends society and makes greater decisions and later renounces nihilism to show his flaws. The philosophy of nihilism leads Raskolnikov to many of his decisions and plays an important role in his actions. Nihilism rejects the idea that there is intrinsic meaning to anything in life. It presents a perspective that sees death as the end in which all the actions on which life was centered no longer matter. Raskolnikov believed that there was no longer any meaning once he died. Furthermore, Dostoevsky wanted to criticize the idea of ​​an Übermensch. The idea of ​​the Übermensch is that a person born better than anyone else will be able to transcend society's decisions and make their own decisions for the greater good of society. This belief, although not expressed directly, is very present in Raskolnikov's foresight and action in the murder. In killing Alena, Raskolnikov justifies it with a utilitarian position. He believed that although society would say it was wrong of him to kill an innocent woman, what he was doing was for the greater good of society. He hoped to do the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Near the beginning of the book, before killing Alyona, Raskolnikov, who was unsure about killing Alyona, overhears two students talking about killing Alyona "without the... medium of paper... he was so immersed in himself and had isolated so much from everyone that he was afraid not only of meeting his landlady but of meeting anyone” (3), to highlight how isolated a person he was, however Dostoevsky makes him fail in his status as an Übermensch in criticizing the reality of such a figure, the protagonist's Raskolnikov is simply a tool used by Dostoevsky to express his point of view and criticize the idea of ​​an Übermensch as well the philosophy of nihilism endowed his character with flaws that showed his true human identity and that ends up criticizing the nihilism Raskolnikov is allowed to succeed initially in the murder of Alena. Übermensch, but ultimately fails to give Dostoevsky's final farewells on the subject..