Crime and Punishment

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Part 1, Chapter 1 Part 1, Chapter 2 Part 1, Chapter 3 Part 1, Chapter 4 Part 1, Chapter 5 Part 1, Chapter 6 Part 1, Chapter 7 Part 2, Chapter 1 Part 2, Chapter 2 Part 2, Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 2, Chapter 5 Part 2, Chapter 6 Part 2, Chapter 7 Part 3, Chapter 1 Part 3, Chapter 2 Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 3, Chapter 4 Part 3, Chapter 5 Part 3, Chapter 6 Part 4, Chapter 1 Part 4, Chapter 2 Part 4, Chapter 3 Part 4, Chapter 4 Part 4, Chapter 5 Part 4, Chapter 6 Part 5, Chapter 1 Part 5, Chapter 2 Part 5, Chapter 3 Part 5, Chapter 4 Part 5, Chapter 5 Part 6, Chapter 1 Part 6, Chapter 2 Part 6, Chapter 3 Part 6, Chapter 4 Part 6, Chapter 5 Part 6, Chapter 6 Part 6, Chapter 7 Part 6, Chapter 8 Epilogue, Chapter 1 Epilogue, Chapter 2

Themes

All Themes Criminality, Morality, and Guilt Madness and Intoxication Coincidence and Free Will Money and Poverty Family

Characters

All Characters Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov Sonya Semyonovna Marmeladov Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov Dmitri Prokofych Razumikhin Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov Nikolai and Mitka (the painters) “The Man from Under the Ground” (“the tradesman”)

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All Symbols Haymarket Lazarus

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Fallacy Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone

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Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Criminality, Morality, and Guilt
Madness and Intoxication
Coincidence and Free Will
Money and Poverty
Family

All Characters
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov
Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov
Sonya Semyonovna Marmeladov
Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov
Dmitri Prokofych Razumikhin
Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin
Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov
Nikolai and Mitka (the painters)
“The Man from Under the Ground” (“the tradesman”)

All Symbols
Haymarket
Lazarus

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Fallacy
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone

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