Crime+and+Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment Reading Schedule **—Mr. Gillespie, February 2009**

In the News: January 26, 2009 In Moscow, a new metro station [|dedicated to the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky] has opened, on Suvorovskaya Square, with mosaics featuring storylines from his work.



**- Raskolnikov
 * C R I M E and P U N I S H M E N T** “Why does my action strike them as so horrible?” he said to himself. “Is it because it was a crime? What is meant by crime? … Well, punish me for the letter of the law … and that’s enough. Of course, in that case many of the benefactors of mankind who snatched power for themselves instead of inheriting it ought to have been punished at their first steps. But those men succeeded and so they were right, and I didn’t, and so I had no right to have taken that step.”

** [|Fyodor] [|Dostoevsky]

[|Character List (from Middlebury College)]

**Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov** The main character who is alternately called Rodya, Rodenka, and Rodka.
 * Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov** Rodya's sister, alternately called Dounia.
 * Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov** Rodya's mother.
 * Semyon Zakharovitch Marmeladov** A drunkard who figures prominently in a bar conversation with Raskolnikov.
 * Katerina Ivanovna** The wife of Marmeladov.
 * Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov** Marmeladov's daughter and devoted step-daughter of Katerina Ivanovna, who prostitutes herself and later falls in love with Raskolnikov. Also called Sonia.
 * Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigaïlov** Dounia's former employer who arrives in St. Petersburg.
 * Marfa Petrovna** Svidrigaïlov's wife who dies and leaves Dounia a bundle of needed money.
 * Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin** A rich man who thinks he can buy happiness for Dounia, his love. His name, comically, means "puddle."
 * Dimitri Prokofitch Razhumikin** Raskolnikov's best friend and guardian of Dounia.
 * Andrei Semyonovitch Lebeziatnikov** A tenant in the same building as the Marmeladovs and a liberal.
 * Porfiry Petrovich** The overseeing police officer on Raskolnikov's case.
 * Alyona Ivanovna** The moneylender who Raskolnikov murders.
 * Lizaveta Ivanovna** The simple-minded sister of Alyona and a friend of Sonya.
 * Praskovya Pavlovna** Raskolnikov's complaining landlady who is owed back-rent.
 * Nastasya** Praskovya's servant and a friend of Raskolnikov.
 * Amalia Fyodorovna** The Marmeladov's landlady who causes a big scandalous fight at a dinner party.
 * Kapernaumov** Sonia's landlady.
 * Zossimov** A friend of Razhumikin and a doctor who cared for Raskolnikov.
 * Nikodim Fomitch** Chief of the police.
 * Zametov** A clerk in the police station and a fiend of Razhumikin.
 * Ilya Petrovitch** A police official.
 * Nikolay and Dimitri** The painters, one of whom admits to the crime.

= = =Mr. Gillespie’s Guide to Russian pronunciation= Marm-a-LED-off Nas-taz-ya Por-feery Pet-TROV-itch Zam-YET-off Zoss-SEE-moff Luzge-in (rhymes with illusion) Ruzu-MEE-kin Svid-dree-GAY-loff Lebey-ZJET-nik-off**
 * Doo-nee-ya

=St. Petersburg= **Information about St. Petersburg** [|**Tourist information about St. Petersburg**] [|**St. Petersburg Guide**]


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Some other images: //House and plaque: "Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky// //lived in this building from 1864 till 1867. The novel __Crime__// //__and Punishment__ was written here."//

Two Views of Haymarket Square area of St. Petersburg: 1960 before the church was demolished.

Some of the graffiti scrawled on the "Raskolnikov Wall": "Women! Let's take our revenge on these students!"

"Rodya, why did you do it!" "Will kill an old woman 343-86-94 (Ask for Harry)

Philosophy: Nihilism Utilitarianism Nietzche Modern questions of crime, punishment, justice, legality, morality, etc. Celebrity, race, crime, media, the prison system, conditions, rehabilitation. **
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