Doestoevsky present us two different Raskolnikov's throughout the novel, because sometimes he acts in a manner and then suddenly in a contradictory manner. An example of this, could be Alyona's murder, but later in the novel he feels guilty about it, and he constantly thinks about confessing. His cold, dark, and intelligent side, is his own "villain", because he's constantly fighting against it. And he's guilty only because of the murder. And he suffers badly because he knows he has to confess, but also suffers because he thinks Porfiry knows the truth.
In Part 3 Svidrigailov is following Sonya and asks her where she lives, with no good intentions. But as far as I know, this character havent committed a severe crime.
The other character, Luzhin seems to be very arrogant and selfish, but also he seems to be rich. He thinks that Dunya would make the ideal humble and grateful wife, because of her background. But we only know Luzhin in a superficial way, because we haven't read about Luzhin's real intentions.
4. Compare the major female characters: Sonya, Dunya, Katerina Ivanovna. Do you think they are well-rounded characters or stereotypes? How does each figure in Raskolnikov's actions?
These characters are mentioned in the novel, in order to represent Russian stereotypes. Sonya is a 18 yeaer old girl, who had to work in order to sustain her family, because of his dad's alcoholism. She could represent the biggest part of Russia's society. The oldest of these three women, is Katerina Ivanovna, she is Sonya's stepmother and biological mother of another 3 children, she has tuberculosis, a terrible desease, very common around that time. She represents the struggle of surviving within misery and poverty. And then we have Raskolnikov's sister, Dunya, who is a very poor woman but she is agree to marry an older and rich man, who will giver her money and position. For me this represents a marriage of convenience, without love, but it is necessary for Dunya and Pulcheria, because they have no money as well.
Sonya appeared just once in Raskolnikov's place to invite him to Marmeladov's funeral, and he accepts the invitation. But there's not a strong connection between them two yet.
On the other hand Dunya, has a lot of influence over Raskolnikov because they are relatives and they care about each other. That is why Raskolnikov doesn't want her to marry Luzhin, and she asks her too choose either Luzhin or himself. At the end of part three, Raskolnikov desists And tells her to marry whoever she wants.
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