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Crime and Punishment: Part Three

Crime and Punishment: Part Three

Update: 2025-08-01
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In Part 3, Raskolnikov is still sick in bed, but more people around him are starting to worry and get involved in his life.Chapter 1Razumikhin, Raskolnikov’s loyal friend, is spending a lot of time with Raskolnikov’s family. He is especially interested in Dunya, Raskolnikov’s smart and brave sister. Razumikhin helps Dunya and their mother, Pulcheria, find a place to live and tells them about Raskolnikov’s health. Razumikhin wants to help them because he cares for Dunya and feels sorry for their troubles.Chapter 2Razumikhin visits Dunya and Pulcheria again. He tells them everything he knows about Raskolnikov: that he has been acting strange, and that he is very sick. While they talk, Dunya and Pulcheria show Razumikhin a note from Luzhin. Luzhin is the rich man who wants to marry Dunya. In his note, Luzhin says he wants to meet Dunya and her mother, but he doesn’t want Raskolnikov to come. This makes everyone upset and they start to mistrust Luzhin.Pulcheria, Raskolnikov’s mother, shares a dream she had. In her dream, Marfa Petrovna, a woman who knew Dunya and Luzhin, comes to warn her about something bad. Pulcheria says Marfa Petrovna has died recently, and the dream makes her even more worried about Dunya’s future with Luzhin.Chapter 3Dunya and Pulcheria finally visit Raskolnikov in his small apartment. They are happy to see him but very worried because he still looks sick and upset. Raskolnikov is glad to see his family but soon becomes angry when they talk about Dunya marrying Luzhin. He demands that Dunya leave Luzhin, saying that Luzhin is only thinking of himself and not about her happiness.Raskolnikov also says he thinks Dunya is trying to sacrifice her own happiness for the family, and he does not want that. Dunya shows Raskolnikov Luzhin’s letter. Even though Luzhin says he doesn’t want Raskolnikov at the meeting, Dunya tells her brother to come anyway, showing she trusts him more than Luzhin.Chapter 4Suddenly, Sonia, the daughter of the man Raskolnikov tried to help before, comes into the room. This is the first time Sonia meets Dunya. Sonia has a sad life but is very kind. She says her mother wants Raskolnikov to come to Marmeladov’s funeral and also to a lunch afterward. Dunya invites Sonia, Raskolnikov, and Razumikhin to dinner with the family.As Dunya and Pulcheria leave, Dunya tells her mother that Luzhin is a slanderer, meaning he lies about others. Raskolnikov decides to go to the police station to say he also had a pawn with the murdered woman, not to hide anything, but to get back his watch.At the same time, someone follows Sonia to her room. We learn that this man is her neighbor and just moved in two days ago. On their way to the police, Raskolnikov and Razumikhin joke and laugh, trying to lighten the mood.Chapter 5Raskolnikov and Razumikhin arrive still laughing. Raskolnikov talks to Porfiry Petrovich, the smart and tricky detective. Zemetov, another officer, is also there. Both men clearly suspect Raskolnikov of the murder. Porfiry asks many questions about the crime, and he and Razumikhin talk about why people commit crimes. Porfiry says the environment makes people bad, but Razumikhin says it’s human nature.Porfiry brings up an essay Raskolnikov once wrote about “ordinary” and “extraordinary” people. Raskolnikov wrote that “extraordinary” people, like great leaders, might have the right to break the law if it’s for a good reason. Porfiry wants to know if Raskolnikov truly believes this. He also asks about the Bible story of Lazarus coming back to life, and Raskolnikov says he believes it. Porfiry asks Raskolnikov to write down information about the pawned watch, or else come back the next day. Porfiry tries to trick Raskolnikov by asking if painters were in the house on the day of the murder.

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Crime and Punishment: Part Three

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