Previously a friend from college, Raskolnikov spent years apart from this friend before reconnecting with him in Part Two.
Dimitri Prokofich Razumikhin
The meaning of "Raskol" for Raskolnikov
Schism
Coming from the fathers first name, this is what the Russian middle name is called.
Patronymic
This man has nightmares about two children. One is about a young girl about five or six. One nightmare is about a real even that happened with a 13 year old. Who is this man?
Svidrigailov
Raskolnikov
Along with Raskolnikov's sister, this woman informed Rodya of an engagement between Dunya and a successful lawyer.
Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov
The meaning of "Razum" for Razumikhin
Reason
The full form of Raskolnikov's first name.
Rodion
When Raskolnikov speaks to Ilya Petrovich, he almost leaves without confesses. What causes him to change his mind?
Seeing Sonya
Sonya
Sharing a room with a self-identified progressivist, this man sought an adulterous relationship with Avdotya.
Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov
The meaning of "Lebezit" for Lebezyatnikov
The first place that Raskolnikov attempts to hide his bloody clothes.
A hole in the wall of his apartment.
What does Sonya do in Siberia?
Support Raskolnikov (and the other prisoners).
"But what does that mean, Rodya? Are we really parting for ever so you ... can give me such a parting message?
Dunya
One of the caretakers during Raskolnikov's "delirium". He is described by Razumikhin as a "Philanderer".
Zossimov
Saint Petersburg is named after this Russian Ruler.
Tsar Peter the Great
Sonya gives this to Raskolnikov after finding out he is the murderer.
A cross
Who does Raskolnikov confess to?
Ilya Petrovich
"To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s."
Razumikhin
Porfiry Petrovich
The meaning of Sonya's name from the Russian equivalent of σοφία
Wisdom
This is the title of Raskolnikov's article published in a magazine.
"On Crime"
What is Raskolnikov's dream from the epilogue about?
A disease spreading from Asia to the entire world. (Potentially rationionalism, relativism, or Communism)
"I drink so that I may suffer twice as much!"
Marmeladov