1. Dostoyevsky creates suspense in the novel by no sharing information that other characters other than the one you are reading his point of view knows. In other words he uses the stream of conciousness in a really interesting way because you keep finding out things in the minds of the different main characters. The biggest examples of this is seen when Raskolnikov meets Porfiry and he starts learning things that Dimitri doesn't understand till later. Another really good example is when Dimitri reads Luzhin's letter before Raskolnokov so we already know what does it say even though Raskolnikov doesn't and we have no idea how he is going to react.
4. The mayor female characters of the story all apeal to a stereotype of russian women especially in the way they look. Each one of them is described as an exeptional good looking woman (russian stereotype) but they also are stereotypes of what women were in that era. For example Sonya is a prostitute that is one of the only profesions a woman can do to earn money in that era. Dunya is marring to get money and improve her life quality and her familie's which is the only way to do it for a woman in that epoca. Each one afects Raskolnikov in a different way because he cares about all of them and they make him change his decisions. Even though each of the represents an stereotype they are also well rounded characters with big tragic flaws and other kind of problems and depth that makes them well rounded.
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