History Characters / CrimeAndPunishment

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Svidrigailov whipped his wife during domestic disputes and possibly even killed her by poison. Not to mention that he engages in sexual violence towards innocent young girls as well.]]

* DutifulDaughter: She becomes a prostitute in order to provide for her siblings.

* AlliterativeName: '''R'''odion '''R'''omanovich '''R'''askolnikov

* [[AntiVillain Anti-]]VillainProtagonist: Of the well-intentioned variety. He plans to test his theory of murdering the pests of society without second thoughts and establishing himself as an {{Ubermensch}}, but that doesn't change the fact that his actions are immoral.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:In the epilogue, Raskolnikov is sentenced to eight years of rehabilitation in Siberia]].

* DeadpanSnarker: Raskolnikov is prone to making cutting sarcastic remarks about his surroundings.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Her compassion doesn't prevent her from having breaking points, such as when [[spoiler:she firmly tells off Luzhin and banishes him from her family]].

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Despite having some similarities to her brother, Dunya uses those qualities towards her unwavering sense of morality. For instance, as opposed to Raskolnikov's excessive pride in himself, she simply asserts herself while retaining her strong propensity towards kindness.

* SingleMomStripper: She became a prostitute in order to feed her step-siblings.

* BreakTheHaughty: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Unlike Raskolnikov, [[spoiler:who becomes more humble for turning himself into the police and confessing his crimes to them]], Luzhin's failures only cause him to grow in disdain towards everyone except himself.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Even as his plan to frame Sonya as a thief is openly foiled, he otherwise exits the plot without anything stopping him. In fact, he leaves trying to ''make a victim'' of himself.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:If only for a brief moment in his life, Svidrigailov tries to make up for his past abuses by giving away his current wealth to those who genuinely need it, before [[DrivenToSuicide shooting himself in the head]] the next morning, thus ridding the world of his evil.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The morning he wakes up from his nightmares, he walks out to "go to America", by which he really means putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger. By "going to America" in this way, he's going to a far-off land of supposed higher opportunity that inspires a kind of false hope. Svidrigailov seems to be aware of this false hope, and pursues it anyway, implying [[KarmicNod that he believes he deserves to be crushed by the false promises]] as a means to pursue real opportunities to help people.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even Svidrigailov, a ''serial child rapist'', is fraught with horror over a sexual fantasy involving a 5-year-old girl, as shown in his final nightmare.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Svidrigailov accepts his self-inflicted fate as he puts a revolver to his temple and pulls the trigger.]]

* GuiltInducedNightmare: [[spoiler:As much as he tries to rest one night, he cannot avoid the visions of his former victims coming back to haunt him. It culminates in a dream involving a 5-year-old girl who Svidrigailov seems to assist and embrace, only for the little girl to turn feverishly attracted to him. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Oddly enough, he reacts in genuine horror at the sight of this]], realizing just how perverted his desires really are.]]
* TheHedonist: ''[[PlayedForHorror Dangerously]]'' so. He's all too willing to indulge in whatever satisfies him in the moment, regardless of the concerns of others.

* KarmicNod: [[spoiler:When Svidrigailov says, "I'm going to America", he makes it seem like he's lost his purpose in life and is going to a land of higher opportunity. However, said land can also be one of false hope. Knowing this and going to America anyway, it's [[ImpliedTrope implied]] that he genuinely seems to believe that he deserves to die and be crushed by the false hope offered to him, as that's the only way he recognizes he can help people in his current state.]]

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:For all his depravity, Svidrigailov has a few moments of genuine altruism.]]

* OutDamnedSpot: [[spoiler:He eventually reaches his point after he confesses his crimes to Sonya, who tells him how to atone for what he did.]]

* SplitPersonality: As Razumikhin said himself, Raskolnikov has two different people within him switching places with each other, sometimes being driven by compassion and other times by distant coldness.

* NiceGuy: His mind games aside, Porfiry is genuinely fond of Raskolnikov and really does want what's best for him, to the point where he suggests that the latter the former turn himself in and confess to the crime in order to obtain a more lenient sentence and ease the psychological strain the murders have taken on him. Porfiry even offers to allow Raskolnikov to take a walk to clear the mind.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: ''Very'' protective of his younger sister Dunya, especially when Luzhin and Svidrigailov concerned.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: A murderer he may be, but Raskolnikov becomes utterly repulsed by Svidrigailov's mere presence as he learns about the full extent of his depravity.

* GoodIsNotSoft: There's a lot she's willing to sacrifice in the name of helping her family. That being said, there are things that she will absolutely not put up with if it means sacrificing her moral compass. Looking at you, Luzhin.

* DirtyOldMan: He's a 50-year-old man arranging a marriage with a 15-year-old girl while secretly continuing to pursue Dunya.

* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:Dunya's ultimate rejection seems to have snapped Svidrigailov into one, for once making him come to fully appreciate the emotional turmoil he put his victims through. The [[PetTheDog few good deeds]] he does later on, the [[GuiltInducedNightmare nightmares he has the ensuing night]], and the [[DrivenToSuicide suicide he enacts the next morning]] are the rare specks of genuine conscience of a man who lived in a realm of malice.]]

* OutDamnedSpot: [[spoiler:He eventually reaches his point after he confesses his crimes to Sonya, who tells him who exactly to atone for what he did.]]

* ExtremeDoormat: She feels afraid to stand up for herself because of the abuse at the hands of her older sister.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Despite sharing some of the sternness of her brother, Dunya uses it towards her unwavering sense of morality. For instance, as opposed to Raskolnikov's excessive pride in himself, she simply asserts herself while retaining her strong propensity towards kindness.

* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:Svidrigailov had a whip with which he would thrash his wife Marfa Petrovna in domestic disputes, which he attributes to his view of how women love to be affronted. He also makes a contract with Marfa that essentially allows him to cheat on her, as long as she remains romantically committed to her.]]

* ScarpiaUltimatum: [[spoiler:He offers to assist Raskolnikov and Dunya with their living if only the latter agrees to be in a relationship with him. Otherwise, he will blackmail her brother and forcefully have his way with her, and there'll be nothing she can do about it, because, to him, she chose to come visit him alone.]]
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:He raped a deaf and mute 15-year-old girl and beat a male servant of his, both to the point of them committing suicide, and it's also been suspected that he poisoned his with Marfa Petrovna to death.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: His facade of refined mannerisms is only a thin cover-up for the conniving parasite that he actually is.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Luzhin's attempts at good manners do nothing to hide how aloof and snooty he feels towards others.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Modern artists and illustrators from the Western world took Dostoevsky's description (very pretty with superb blue eyes) at face value [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/10d83bdde5638255c08b3d3a4d0fd8b8/97fe489d4a1f292e-96/s1280x1920/fa428a38246c1493d680d2e6c29d51ea2a5904ab.jpg and]] [[https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music124/v4/08/87/82/088782a3-5904-7730-33b0-aa7d1c53f77f/source/500x500bb.jpg portray]] [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/bc823912-e2ab-4eb6-9d39-c09ca96d1e51/dcuin66-33d8e28a-f71a-4362-a849-1f3fc35af885.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1392,q_75,strp/portrait___sonia_marmeladov_by_ekitties_dcuin66-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTM5MiIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2JjODIzOTEyLWUyYWItNGViNi05ZDM5LWMwOWNhOTZkMWU1MVwvZGN1aW42Ni0zM2Q4ZTI4YS1mNzFhLTQzNjItYTg0OS0xZjNmYzM1YWY4ODUuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE5MjAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.6grl5hzgxMcugYRMWPPivOhTBcmPlZIfCdarl_UYUTs her]] as a delicate {{Moe}} with [[AnachronismStew facial features of a modern girl]]. Russian and Soviet artists and directors from the early Soviet age [[CrapsackWorld understood first-hand how poverty looked]] and they were [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/4f/57/414f57bda1ece957943c4ef350fee2a7.jpg not so enthusiastic]].

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:If only for a brief moment in his life, Svidrigailov tries to make up for his past abuses by giving away his current wealth to the likes of those who he thought had no right to them, before [[DrivenToSuicide shooting himself in the head]] the next morning, thus ridding the world of his evil.]]

* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:He invites Dunya to talk about how to resolve Raskolnikov's issues only to make more unwanted advances towards her as he once did in the countryside.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even Svidrigailov, a ''serial child rapist'', is fraught with horror over a sexual fantasy involving a 5-year-old girl, as shown in his final nightmare.]]

* TheHedonist: Dangerously so. He's all too willing to indulge in whatever satisfies him in the moment, regardless of the concerns of others.

* KarmicNod: [[spoiler:When Svidrigailov says, "I'm going to America", he makes it seem like he's lost his purpose in life and is going to a land of higher opportunity. However, said land can also be one of false hope. Knowing this and going to America anyway, it's implied that he genuinely seems to believe that he deserves to die and be crushed by the false hope offered to him, as that's the only way he recognizes he can help people in his current state.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: She's soft-spoken, easily frightened, and is meek in the company of others.
** AdaptationalAttractiveness: Modern artists and illustrators from the Western world took Dostoevsky's description (very pretty with superb blue eyes) at face value [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/10d83bdde5638255c08b3d3a4d0fd8b8/97fe489d4a1f292e-96/s1280x1920/fa428a38246c1493d680d2e6c29d51ea2a5904ab.jpg and]] [[https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music124/v4/08/87/82/088782a3-5904-7730-33b0-aa7d1c53f77f/source/500x500bb.jpg portray]] [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/bc823912-e2ab-4eb6-9d39-c09ca96d1e51/dcuin66-33d8e28a-f71a-4362-a849-1f3fc35af885.jpg/v1/fill/w_1920,h_1392,q_75,strp/portrait___sonia_marmeladov_by_ekitties_dcuin66-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTM5MiIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2JjODIzOTEyLWUyYWItNGViNi05ZDM5LWMwOWNhOTZkMWU1MVwvZGN1aW42Ni0zM2Q4ZTI4YS1mNzFhLTQzNjItYTg0OS0xZjNmYzM1YWY4ODUuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE5MjAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.6grl5hzgxMcugYRMWPPivOhTBcmPlZIfCdarl_UYUTs her]] as a delicate {{Moe}} with [[AnachronismStew facial features of a modern girl]]. Russian and Soviet artists and directors from the early Soviet age [[CrapsackWorld understood first-hand how poverty looked]] and they were [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/4f/57/414f57bda1ece957943c4ef350fee2a7.jpg not so enthusiastic]].

* MeaningfulName: His name literally means "puddle", which is a signifier of his shallow personality.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even Svidrigailov, a ''serial child rapist'', is fraught with horror over a sexual fantasies involving a 5-year-old girl, as shown in his final nightmare.]]

* NiceGirl: In stark contrast to her sister Alyona, Lizaveta was known for being a kind young woman.
* ShrinkingViolet: A timid and reserved woman.

* ConfessInConfidence: Becomes somewhat subject to this by Raskolnikov in the Crystal Palace, who then only claims he was joking. Zametov then understandtably feels suspicious of him.