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Smerdyakov is telling Ivan how he killed their father, Fyodor, using his desperation over seeing Grushenka to distract him so that Smerdyakov could hit the old man from behind. This confession certifies Smerdyakov’s guilt in the murder, though Ivan had been previously convinced that his older brother Dmitri murdered their father over both the three thousand roubles that he was desperate to obtain and his anger over his father’s jealous attempts to keep Dmitri away from Grushenka.
Smerdyakov’s recollection of Fyodor’s fear in response to him suggests that Fyodor had a preternatural sense that Smerdyakov would betray him and kill…