Since the ancient times most of the great arts was born from suffering. When the great artists are faced with suffering, they continue to show one reaction rather than being buried in it. Through their creation they overcome the suffering in order to immortalize their personal beliefs. The creative passion of the great artists which comes out in extreme suffering helps them to develop a strong will, and through it the message of salvation of mankind is implemented. The study approaches the subject of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in terms of ``creativity and suffering`` of the great artists. These two writers, despite the difference in their views of the world and the creative styles, bore their cross of the suffering and agony which is too much for one human. At that point their suffering could be a strong source of their creative, transcendental strength. In this study we compare the two characters Levin (Tolstoy`s 『Anna Karenina』) and Raskolnikov (Dostoevsky`s 『Crime and Punishment』) as a ethical subject, and examine their aspects of suffering and its meaning by which were confronted the two artists in the turning points of their lives. Prior to this we deal with the philosophical discourse of Kant and Levinas around the phenomenon of suffering and its ethical implication, as on the issue of human suffering there are close connections between the two writers and philosophers.