Crime and Punishment Part V

Crime and Punishment Part V
Major Events:
1. Luzhin frames Sonia
2. The Marmaladov funeral party
3. The Marmaladov family is evicted and homeless
4. Raskolnikov’s confession to Sonia, first attempts to justify the murders:

Stated reason Flawed reasoning
Needed the money Never used it, counted or even looked at it

To keep himself in Never used the money
School

To prove himself He was unable to stand
Extraordinary like alone
Napolean

Alyona was a louse Sonia reminds him, she
And deserved death was a human being

Calls himself vain, All true but does not
Envious, malicious excuse the act
Base, vindictive with
A tendency towards
Insanity


The actual reason for murders

To see if he dared, if He proves himself a
He was extraordinary louse, that he murdered himself more than anyone else

Points to remember?

1. Confession to Sonia ends his social isolation (because crime separates man from society
2. He confesses because he can not stand alone.
3. His confession redeems his warm caring side but not his intellectual, calculating side.
4. This is the first of two climaxes because it marks a turning point for the character.
5. Sonia tells Raskolnikov to accept his punishment “because suffering is a great thing.” Raskolnikov does not wish to confess because he does not believe that his theory was wrong, only that he was not “extraordinary” enough to prove it.