Bits of Life 2

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and falls into a prolonged delirium.

When he emerges several days later he finds that the police have serious allegations against him. Razumikhin, a close friend has tracked him down and has been nursing him. Still feverish, Raskolnikov listens nervously to a conversation between Razumikhin and the doctor about the status of the police investigation into the murders.

Razumikhin has tracked him down and has been nursing him. Still feverish, Raskolnikov listens nervously to a conversation between Razumikhin and the doctor about the status of the police investigation into the murders:


He still tries to evade their accusations because there are no clear evidences.

One incident leads to another and the main characters are involved in accusations and counter accusations among themselves. Sonya, the woman who was promised to Luzhin realizes the truth of his character, when he puts the blame of stealing a hundred ruble note from him. They identify that the money was actually placed by Luzhin himself in her purse surreptiously.


Razumikhin has tracked Raskolnikov down and has been nursing him. Still feverish, Raskolnikov listens nervously to a conversation between Razumikhin his friend and the doctor about the status of the police investigation into the murders:

In the final pages, we read of Porfiry Petrovich, a brilliant, unorthodox magistrate investigating the pawnbroker's murder in Crime and Punishment. As Raskolnikov’s intellectual antagonist, he uses psychological manipulation—likened to a "cat and mouse" game—to force a confession. He represents a compassionate yet a firm form of justice, seeking Raskolnikov's confession for the sake of his soul's rehabilitation, rather than just immediate, punitive punishment.


I was truly amazed to read of Psychological method of tracing the real culprit and persuade him to confess to the wrong deed he committed. The clear and detailed way in which this investigation was conducted, help me understand how the culprit is broken in a skilled professional and also sympathetic manner.

To Raskolnikov's astonishment, that Porfiry talks as though he no longer suspects him of the murders. Porfiry himself appears and politely requests a brief chat. He sincerely apologizes for his previous behavior and seeks to explain the reasons behind it. Strangely, Raskolnikov begins to feel alarmed at the thought that Porfiry might think he is innocent. But Porfiry's changed attitude is motivated by genuine respect for Raskolnikov, not by any thought of his innocence, and he concludes by expressing his absolute certainty that Raskolnikov is indeed the murderer. He claims that he will be arresting him soon, but urges him to confess to make it easier on himself. Raskolnikov chooses to continue the struggle. A very natural attitude of a murderer.

Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, is another vital character who is a central, nihilistic, and morally depraved antagonist in Crime and Punishment. As a wealthy, manipulative nobleman, he embodies the extreme consequences of acting without moral constraints, frequently pursuing Dunya Raskolnikov and acting as a dark, dangerous foil to the protagonist, Raskolnikov.

However, by the end of the novel we learn that Raskolnikov finally confesses his guilt to his mother and did the same later in the court of justice as well.

Raskolnikov says a painful goodbye to his mother, without telling her the truth. Dunya waits for him in his room, and he tells her that he will be going to the police to confess to the murders. She gives him a crucifix and follows him. Though he dillydallied a bit, he finally changes his mind and makes a full and frank confession of his murders in the court.

Due to the fullness of his confession at a time when another man had already confessed, and his state of mind at the time of the murders, Raskolnikov is sentenced to only eight years of penal servitude. Dunya and Razumikhin marry and plan to move to Siberia, but Raskolnikov's mother falls ill and dies.

Sonya follows Raskolnikov to Siberia, but he is initially hostile towards her as he is still struggling to acknowledge moral culpability for his crime, feeling himself to be guilty only of weakness. It is only after some time in prison that his redemption and moral regeneration begin under Sonya's loving influence.

Despite its title, the novel does not so much deal with the crime and its formal punishment as with Raskolnikov's internal struggle – the torments of his own conscience, rather than the legal consequences of committing the crime.

Believing that the society would be better for it, Raskolnikov commits murder with the idea that he possesses enough intellectual and emotional fortitude to