Crime and Punishment
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
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
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Criminality, Morality, and Guilt
Madness and Intoxication
Coincidence and Free Will
Money and Poverty
Family
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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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Haymarket
Lazarus
Literary Devices
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Allusions
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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
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
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
Quotes
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”)
Symbols
All Symbols
Haymarket
Lazarus
Lit 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
Theme Wheel
Theme Viz
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