Name: Crime and Punishment
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The Cast

Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov

Main · Raskolnikov family

A feverish former student in a worn coat tries to stand above ordinary morality and finds himself trapped inside human guilt.

Locations

Raskolnikov’s garret

room

A room under the roof so small it barely holds a man, let alone the thoughts he keeps there.

Passage

Crushed by debt and shame, he dreads a simple encounter like a sentence.

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The Author’s Pen

Afraid of Meeting Her

On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.

He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase. His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room. The landlady who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open. And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed. He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her.

Reading

A man's whole state of mind is captured in the small dread of passing an open kitchen door. This is the first we see of Raskolnikov, the poor former student at the center of the novel, and before we learn anything about the murder he is turning over, we learn that he cannot face the woman he owes money to. The scale is telling: he is capable of contemplating an enormous crime, yet a chance meeting on the stairs fills him with shame and something close to panic. His pride and his helplessness are already tangled together.

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The Plot

The MurderIllness and SuspicionMarmeladov and PorfirySonia and LazarusThe Confession to SoniaConfessionSiberia and Regeneration

The Cast

Rodion Romanovitch RaskolnikovSofya Semyonovna MarmeladovAvdotya Romanovna RaskolnikovDmitri Prokofitch RazumihinPorfiry PetrovitchArkady Ivanovitch SvidrigaïlovPeter Petrovitch LuzhinSemyon Zakharovitch MarmeladovKaterina Ivanovna MarmeladovPulcheria Alexandrovna RaskolnikovAlyona IvanovnaLizaveta IvanovnaAndrey Semyonovitch LebeziatnikovZossimovAlexander Grigorievitch ZametovMarfa Petrovna SvidrigaïlovPolenka, Kolya, and Lida MarmeladovNastasyaPraskovya PavlovnaIlya PetrovitchAmalia Ivanovna LippevechselNikolay Dementyev / Nikolay the painterNikodim FomitchKapernaumov and familyKochPestryakovMitkaTavern-keeperThe mysterious tradesmanDarya Frantsovna

Locations

Alyona Ivanovna’s flatPetersburg streets, bridges, and canalsPolice officePorfiry Petrovitch’s roomsPulcheria and Dounia’s lodgingRaskolnikov’s garretRazumihin’s lodgingSiberian prison settlementSonia’s roomSvidrigaïlov’s RoomsThe Canal and Neva EmbankmentThe Haymarket and CrossroadsThe Marmeladovs’ lodgingThe Memorial Dinner RoomThe Street - Katerina Ivanovna’s Last SceneThe tavern

Objects of Note

Alyona Ivanovna’s keysGospel book / New TestamentKaterina Ivanovna’s certificate of meritKaterina Ivanovna’s green shawlLizaveta’s copper crossLuzhin’s hundred-rouble banknoteLuzhin’s letterPulcheria Alexandrovna’s letterRaskolnikov’s article on extraordinary menRaskolnikov’s father’s silver watchSonia’s wooden crossSvidrigaïlov’s revolverThe axeThe pledged ringThe stolen purse and trinkets

Core Concepts

Compassion without excuseConfession, suffering, and renewalDoubles and distorted mirrorsGuilt before lawPoverty, dignity, and humiliationRooms, streets, and moral exposureSacrifice versus self-erasureTheory versus life

The Author's Pen

Afraid Of Meeting HerDisgust and BlanknessRehearsal of the ProjectListening to the KeysLoathsome ThoughtsStopped At The DoorHis Mother AlarmedRazumihin Calls Her AngelRaskolnikov In PrisonThe Journey to SiberiaPoverty, Beggary, and ShameSomewhere to GoDare You Call Me PigNothing Could Be NoticedBlood Crying In His EarsYou Are The MurdererBe The SunWhy They Loved SoniaSuccess Made Them RightWounded PrideThe Beginning of RenewalDounia Has a SuitorTrying On the CapSonia Under AccusationLebeziatnikov's OathReasons UnknownThe Measure of SacrificeSonia’s Faltering MessageSonia’s Barnlike RoomI Bowed to SufferingAfter the Raising of LazarusI Wanted To Become NapoleonSonia Embraces His DespairBow Down and ConfessThe Offered CrossEverything Was DecidedEverything Irrevocably DecidedLuzhin Meets RaskolnikovOrdinary and Extraordinary MenTwo Categories of MenHe KnowsKaterina Ivanovna in the StreetThe Other Side of the WallDounia Raises the RevolverThe Key Given BackWhat If It Was IAt the Bridge RailThe Cracked BellToward the High TowerThe First BlowLizaveta Before the AxeBehind the Hooked DoorThe Shaking FasteningThe Run Over ManMarmeladov Carried HomeSonia In the DoorwayTwenty Roubles For KaterinaSonia Follows HimKissing the EarthRaskolnikov Confesses

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The Murder

A destitute student, convinced great men stand above the law, rehearses and then commits the axe-murder of a pawnbroker — and her sister.

Objects of Note

The axe

An ordinary household tool is what turns a private theory into blood on the floor.

The Cast

Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov

Main · Marmeladov family

A frightened young woman in poverty carries the book, the cross, and the pity Raskolnikov cannot invent for himself.

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Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The plot of Crime and Punishment

The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.

The Murder
Illness and Suspicion
Marmeladov and Porfiry
Sonia and Lazarus
The Confession to Sonia
Confession
Siberia and Regeneration

The author's pen in Crime and Punishment

The passages themselves, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's own words, as Literah maps it.

Afraid of Meeting Herch. 1
Afraid Of Meeting Herch. 1
Disgust and Blanknessch. 1
Rehearsal of the Projectch. 1
Listening to the Keysch. 1
Loathsome Thoughtsch. 1
Stopped At The Doorch. 1
His Mother Alarmedch. 1
Razumihin Calls Her Angelch. 1
Raskolnikov In Prisonch. 1
The Journey to Siberiach. 1
Poverty, Beggary, and Shamech. 2
Somewhere to Goch. 2
Dare You Call Me Pigch. 2
Nothing Could Be Noticedch. 2
Blood Crying In His Earsch. 2
You Are The Murdererch. 2
Be The Sunch. 2
Why They Loved Soniach. 2
Success Made Them Rightch. 2

The characters of Crime and Punishment

Who is who, as Literah maps it.

Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikovmajor
Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladovmajor
Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikovmajor
Dmitri Prokofitch Razumihinmajor
Porfiry Petrovitchmajor
Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigaïlovmajor
Peter Petrovitch Luzhinmajor
Semyon Zakharovitch Marmeladovmajor
Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladovmajor
Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikovmajor
Alyona Ivanovnasupporting
Lizaveta Ivanovnasupporting
Andrey Semyonovitch Lebeziatnikovsupporting
Zossimovsupporting
Alexander Grigorievitch Zametovsupporting
Marfa Petrovna Svidrigaïlovsupporting

The locations in Crime and Punishment

Where it happens, as Literah maps it.

Raskolnikov’s garretroom
Alyona Ivanovna’s flatapartment
Petersburg streets, bridges, and canalscityscape
The Haymarket and Crossroadsmarket / crossroads
The Canal and Neva Embankmentwaterside
The taverntavern
The Marmeladovs’ lodgingrented lodging
The Memorial Dinner Roomrented room
The Street - Katerina Ivanovna’s Last Scenestreet
Sonia’s roomroom
Porfiry Petrovitch’s roomsofficial rooms
Police officeoffice
Siberian prison settlementprison settlement
Pulcheria and Dounia’s lodginghotel

The core concepts in Crime and Punishment

What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.

Theory versus life
Guilt before law
Poverty, dignity, and humiliation
Sacrifice versus self-erasure
Compassion without excuse
Doubles and distorted mirrors
Confession, suffering, and renewal
Rooms, streets, and moral exposure

The objects of note in Crime and Punishment

The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.

The axe
Raskolnikov’s father’s silver watch
The pledged ring
Raskolnikov’s article on extraordinary men
Gospel book / New Testament
Sonia’s wooden cross
Lizaveta’s copper cross
Katerina Ivanovna’s green shawl
Luzhin’s hundred-rouble banknote
Katerina Ivanovna’s certificate of merit
The stolen purse and trinkets
Alyona Ivanovna’s keys
Pulcheria Alexandrovna’s letter
Luzhin’s letter

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