A drunk and former government official, Marmeladov is later killed when run over by a wagon. His widow Katerina attempts to support their family on a very small amount of money. Marmeladov represents the endpoint of a total desire for intoxication—an inability to manage in life without the influence of alcohol.
Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov Quotes in Crime and Punishment
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Part 1, Chapter 2
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It is necessary that every man have at least somewhere to go.
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Part 2, Chapter 7
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He finally got it!
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Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov (speaker), Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov
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Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov Character Timeline in Crime and Punishment
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Part 1, Chapter 2
...from drink” and is ill-shaved and dirty. He begins speaking to Raskolnikov, introducing himself as Marmeladov, a low-ranking civil servant. Raskolnikov begins explaining that he is a student, only to break...
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Marmeladov speaks eagerly. He says that poverty is not a vice, but total poverty, destitution, is...
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Marmeladov explains his problems more specifically, feeling that Raskolnikov is a “sorrowful” man and therefore might...
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But Marmeladov later lost his job and began drinking again. Over the next year and a half...
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...Katerina complained that Sonya, old enough to work, was not contributing to the family’s welfare. Marmeladov tells of one night, when Sonya finally went out to work and returned after eight,...
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Sonya is forced to carry a “yellow pass,” indicating she is a prostitute. Marmeladov then reveals the source of the quarrel between Katerina and Lebezyatnikov. At first, Lebezyatnikov attempted...
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Marmeladov went to his supervisor after Sonya’s dismissal and begged for one more chance at his...
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But Marmeladov’s alcoholism proved too much. He stole his salary from Katerina’s trunk and, for the past...
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After Marmeladov’s speech, Raskolnikov agrees to accompany him home. Marmeladov’s family lives in a subdivided corner of...
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Part 2, Chapter 7
...is lying in the street, mortally wounded. Raskolnikov realizes he knows this man: it is Marmeladov, the drunken former official. Raskolnikov says he will pay for a doctor and asks for...
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Marmeladov’s wife Katerina has become more crazed since Raskolnikov last visited; she often speaks about her...
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...also present (Luzhin’s roommate). The doctor arrives and informs Raskolnikov that there is no hope: Marmeladov will die in short order. A priest is called and administers last rites. Katerina cries...
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Katerina asks the priest what she will do with the children after Marmeladov’s death. She says she cannot forgive Marmeladov for his drunkenness; the priest argues that this...
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...is leaving he sees Nikodim the police chief, who tells Raskolnikov he is soaked in (Marmeladov’s) blood. Raskolnikov agrees. As he is walking outside Polenka, sent by Sonya, asks for Raskolnikov’s...
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...at the police station. While mounting the stairs to his room Raskolnikov tells Razumikhin of Marmeladov’s death. It appears that someone is in the room. Pulcheria and Dunya are there—they have...
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Part 3, Chapter 2
Luzhin reports that he saw Raskolnikov the day before at Marmeladov’s (Luzhin lives in the same apartment building), and that Raskolnikov gave 25 rubles to Sonya...
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Part 3, Chapter 3
...acting as though not quite sane nor mad, bur rather “in a dream.” Raskolnikov explains Marmeladov’s death and tells his family, apologetically, that he gave the 25 roubles to Katerina for...
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Part 3, Chapter 4
...sit. Sonya brings a message from Katerina, that Raskolnikov be so kind as to attend Marmeladov’s funeral the following morning. Sonya says her mother will also be preparing a funeral meal...
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Part 4, Chapter 2
...marriage and poverty; Pulcheria counters that Luzhin has lied about Raskolnikov’s actions the night of Marmeladov’s death, for he gave the roubles not to Sonya but to Katerina. Raskolnikov reports that...
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Part 4, Chapter 4
...Katerina has begun believing in her fantasies—that she can throw a large funeral banquet for Marmeladov being among them. Sonya pities her stepmother and asks Raskolnikov to do the same. She...
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Part 4, Chapter 6
Raskolnikov apologizes to Porfiry for losing his temper earlier, says he must be going to Marmeladov’s funeral, and finds it funny that Porfiry will attempt to dispute Nikolai’s confession point by...
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Part 5, Chapter 1
...learns that he, along with Lebezyatnikov, Raskolnikov, and Amalia the landlord, have been invited to Marmeladov’s funeral banquet. Luzhin has a certain fascination for his roommate Lebezyatnikov, who is a representative...
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Part 5, Chapter 2
Katerina continues to ridicule the guests, and one remarks on Marmeladov’s drinking problem, increasing her consternation. Sonya worries that her stepmother is going to cause a...
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Part 5, Chapter 5
...that Katerina is going insane out in the streets of Petersburg. She has run to Marmeladov’s old boss demanding money from him, and upon his refusal she has camped out in...
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