Crime and Punishment Analysis
PART 1:
PASSAGE: “So poorly dressed was he that another man, even one inured to such a style of living, would have been ashamed to go out on the street during the daytime in such rags…It was not shame that had assailed him, however, but an emotion of quite different kind, one more akin to terror.” (7)
ANALYSIS: In the first chapter we are introduced to Raskolnikov who seems to be troubled by something that has to do with Alyona Ivanaovna, the pawnbroker. We are able to recognize that he is troubled by his inner monologue. His clothes are also described as “rags” that someone as poor as him would not even wear. By the setting we are also told that he is very poor when it states “However, this particular district was of such a kind that it would have been difficult to surprise anyone by one’s matter of dressing.” This is telling us that this district for lower classes because if it was a district where people dress formal they would have had been disturbed by the way Rodya is dressed.
PASSAGE: “The little room into which the young man passed, with its yellow wallpaper, its geraniums and its muslin curtains, was at that moment brightly illuminated by the setting sun… The entire apartment consisted of these two rooms.” (10)
ANALYSIS: This passage foreshadows the crime Raskolnikov will commit. He states “So the sun will be shining like this then, too!” the author conveys a strange tone since Rodya is preparing for his cruel crime but seems excited about the detail. He also mentions Lizaveta who is Petrovna’s stepsister; this is also foreshadowing how she will be involved in the crime. The author also gives us a view of Petrovna’s house “The furniture, all of it very old and yellow wood…Everything was very clean; both furniture and floor s had been rubbed until they shone.” Rodya pays close attention to all the small details in the house but not thinking out his plan on how he will get out of there.
PASSAGE: “… It’s a Sodom, sir, of the most outrageous
PASSAGE: “So poorly dressed was he that another man, even one inured to such a style of living, would have been ashamed to go out on the street during the daytime in such rags…It was not shame that had assailed him, however, but an emotion of quite different kind, one more akin to terror.” (7)
ANALYSIS: In the first chapter we are introduced to Raskolnikov who seems to be troubled by something that has to do with Alyona Ivanaovna, the pawnbroker. We are able to recognize that he is troubled by his inner monologue. His clothes are also described as “rags” that someone as poor as him would not even wear. By the setting we are also told that he is very poor when it states “However, this particular district was of such a kind that it would have been difficult to surprise anyone by one’s matter of dressing.” This is telling us that this district for lower classes because if it was a district where people dress formal they would have had been disturbed by the way Rodya is dressed.
PASSAGE: “The little room into which the young man passed, with its yellow wallpaper, its geraniums and its muslin curtains, was at that moment brightly illuminated by the setting sun… The entire apartment consisted of these two rooms.” (10)
ANALYSIS: This passage foreshadows the crime Raskolnikov will commit. He states “So the sun will be shining like this then, too!” the author conveys a strange tone since Rodya is preparing for his cruel crime but seems excited about the detail. He also mentions Lizaveta who is Petrovna’s stepsister; this is also foreshadowing how she will be involved in the crime. The author also gives us a view of Petrovna’s house “The furniture, all of it very old and yellow wood…Everything was very clean; both furniture and floor s had been rubbed until they shone.” Rodya pays close attention to all the small details in the house but not thinking out his plan on how he will get out of there.
PASSAGE: “… It’s a Sodom, sir, of the most outrageous