After reading the last chapters of part five and chapters one to three of part six, I must say that things have finally heated up. This section of reading is filled with so much emotion that it could without a doubt in my mind, be an Oscar winner. In the section of reading a couple of significant things happen. The thing that we have all been waiting for has finally happened in a way. We finally get a confession from Raskolnikov of his actions. That is the icing on the cake, but rest assured that the other events are equally as important. Besides Raskolnikov's confession there is the death of Katerina, the talk between Raskolnikov and Razumikhin to determine his sanity, the psychological rematch between Porfiry and Raskolnikov, and Raskolnikov's meeting with Svidsy.
Wow it has finally happened and it only took two-hundred or so pages. Raskolnikov has finally confessed and to Sonya of all people. I know that he feels that he and her are in the same boat but I think that it’s more than that. I think that the reason why Raskolnikov has taken so much interest in her is because he loves her. What’s interesting about his confession is that it is the turning point in Raskolnikov's character. Here we see that his human side is overpowering his deranged or psychopathic side. Raskolnikov admits to Sonya his reasons for killing Alyona and Lizevetta and how they were more acts of selfishness rooted in his misguided theory than anything. Sonya understands what Raskolnikov has gone through and promises to care for him but first he must come back to God by confessing his sins out loud.
Katerina's death in the novel is a sad turn of events as it is on the heels of her husband’s death. It’s sad because Katerina never got what she wanted in life which was to be respected for he so called nobility. She always saw herself as being of a higher standard than those around her though she was equally if not more insolvent. Nevertheless she died and thus the pains of the Marmeladovs continue. Razumikhin comes back to Raskolnikov to measure his sanity. In the process he deems that Raskolnikov is very much sane. Though he has come to this rationalization he is angered by Raskolnikov's selfishness when it comes to the pain his family feels because of him. Razumhikin and Raskolnikov talk more in which Razumikhim tells Raskolnikov about the letter that Dunya received and Porfiry's belief that the painter Nikolai was the murderer.
Raskolnikov's psychological rematch is very interesting. This time around it seems that Porfiry had trained a bit more and was ready to dish out some mind destroyers. Porfiry being a very clever man and a studied psychologist apologizes and even goes to the point of telling Raskolnikov that he suspects him of the murders but cannot detain him due to lack of proof. Raskolnikov denies that he committed the murders but Porfiry knows well that he did and he also knows that Raskolnikov is being destroyed by his guilt and that sooner or later he will confess because of it. Porfiry tells Raskolnikov that it would be in his best interest to confess of the crimes before evidence is shown against him as his punishment would be a bit more lenient. Porfiry's approach to dealing with the situation and Raskolnikov in this section of reading is very interesting. Porfiry outright makes his suspicions known to Raskolnikov and uses a bit of reverse psychology to extract a confession from Raskolnikov though he is still holding strong. Like their last encounter showed I think that Porfiry is getting to Raskolnikov and it is only a matter of time before he cracks which may also be due to what Sonya told him to do.
Ah good ole Svidsy. It seems that we finally find out what he is to do with the information that he got from eavesdropping. In this section of reading we find out that Raskolnikov finds and confronts Svidsy. Raskolnikov and Svidsy go at it and Raskolnikov ends up threading to kill Svidsy if he were to use "the information" as blackmail to get to Dunya. Raskolnikov is disgusted with Svidsy and wants to have no more to do with him but has his mind changed quickly by the mere mention of Dunya. In this scene we see how evil Svidsy is and how low he would sink to get what he wants.
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