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8->''"What can I tell you? I've known Rodion for a year and a half: sullen, gloomy, arrogant, proud; recently (and maybe much earlier) insecure and hypochondriac. Magnanimous and kind. Doesn't like voicing his feelings, and would rather do something cruel than speak his heart out in words. At times, however, he's not hypochondriac at all, but just inhumanly cold and callous, as if there really were two opposite characters in him, changing places with each other."''
9-->-- '''Razumikhin'''
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11Probably the most famous novel by Russian author Creator/FyodorDostoevsky, first published serially in 1866 under the Russian title ''Prestuplenie i nakazanie (Преступлéние и наказáние)''.
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13A moody university student named Rodion Raskolnikov [[MurdererPOV murders]] an old moneylender who has been exploiting her clients, but accidentally also kills someone else. He struggles with the ramifications of his actions through the novel. While ruminating over his crime, he deals with visiting family, a nosy friend who [[LoveAtFirstSight falls in love with his engaged sister]], an implacable police detective named Porfiry [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow who plays mindgames with him]], the all-too-obvious faults in his own {{Ubermensch}} theories, and his budding relationship with a [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold prostitute]] and her poor family.
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15Detective Porfiry is a primary inspiration for the title character of the ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' TVMovie series.
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19!!This book contains examples of:
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21* AboveGoodAndEvil: Raskolnikov's theory has it that the "special" people can and even should murder those who hinder their objective. He commits murder partly to prove that he himself is one of the special.
22%%* TheAnnotatedEdition
23* AlcoholicParent: Marmeladov. His drinking destroys the life of his family; he loses his job, squanders their money and his daughter is forced to become a prostitute. He eventually [[spoiler: dies when he gets run over by a carriage while drunk.]]
24* AlliterativeName:
25** Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov.
26** Porfiry Petrovich.
27* AntiVillain: Raskolnikov having both a sad background, true social concerns and some good intentions along with his pride and arrogance.
28* AssholeVictim:
29** Raskolnikov specifically chooses to murder Alyona because she's a greedy, unscrupulous, and universally unloved moneylender and he thinks she won't be missed.
30** Totally averted with Lizaveta who is a very good-hearted woman, ever abused by her sister Alyona.
31* BadassPacifist: Dunya, so much. She's known for being able to endure anything, and Svidrigailov says that had she lived in an earlier time she would have been a martyr who would have smiled as she faced death. And then when Svidrigailov corners her and threatens to assault her, she [[spoiler:pulls out a gun]] and notes that [[spoiler:it's his wife's]], and that [[spoiler:she knows he killed her]], then [[spoiler:misses and decides to drop the gun rather than killing him, telling Svidrigailov that she's never loved him.]]. Svidrigailov responds by [[spoiler:opening the door, and being so shaken by his experience that he kills himself.]]
32* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The author at one point interjects to say that Pulcheria Alexandrovna looks younger than her age because of being a moral person, and that this is the only way people look beautiful into their forties. Unless you're Luzhin or Svidrigailov, apparently. Raskolnikov is a ZigZagged example: he is described as handsome and he is a SympatheticMurderer.
33* BestFriendsInLaw: [[spoiler:Razumikhin ends up married to his friend Raskolnikov's sister Dunya.]]
34* BigBadEnsemble:
35** From Raskolnikov's perspective, it's an ensemble between [[SmugSnake Luzhin]], [[HeroAntagonist Porfiry]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Svidrigailov]]. Raskolnikov himself isn't exactly a beacon of morality, mind you.
36** Porfiry is truly a HeroAntagonist, while with Luzhin and Svidrigailov it's a case of EvilVersusEvil where both men (especially Svidrigailov) represent for Raskolnikov a darker version of what he could possibly become, if he completely abandoned any morals.
37* BigBrotherInstinct: Raskolnikov is protective of Dunya. As soon as he hears about her upcoming marriage, he understands that the whole thing stinks to high heaven and decides to never let it happen.
38* BigDamnHeroes: Lebezyatnikov bursts in just when [[spoiler:Luzhin is accusing Sonya of stealing 100 rubles]] and explains what really happened.
39* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Raskolnikov will have a nice new life with Sonya, but only after he atones for his crimes by serving his time in Siberia.]]
40* BloodyHallucinationsOfGuilt: Raskolnikov obsesses over cleaning up [[spoiler:the murder of the pawnbroker]]. He compulsively washes the axe used to commit the deed, tries to clean off the coin purse and stow it in the wallpaper of his room, only to later decide to just bury it somewhere. Then he realizes that he got the blood on his sock, and desperately tries to work the stain out. While the stain fades to unrecognizability, Raskolnikov is unable to not see the blood on his sock.
41* BoisterousBruiser: Razumikhin is very friendly and talkative, and is also known for being able to beat up people if he wants to.
42* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:The entire first act of the novel is one for Raskolnikov.]]
43* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: [[spoiler:Raskolnikov and Sonya, who saves his soul with ThePowerOfLove.]]
44* BrutalHonesty: Razumikhin, as shown in the page quote. Raskolnikov's mother and sister are surprised at how unbiased he is given that he's Raskolnikov's friend.
45* BunnyEarsLawyer: Porfiry Petrovitch is a [[TheGadfly quirky]], seemingly unassuming, and scarily competent investigator.
46* ButtMonkey: {{Subverted}}; Lebezyatnikov is introduced as one, but then he actually helps Sonya and Raskolnikov against Luzhin's plan.
47* ByronicHero: Raskolnikov, a handsome law school drop-out who spends his time isolated in his coffin-like room brooding about society's petty morals and decides to kill the moneylender because she's a pest to society. He also tries to establish himself as an Übermensch, a race without conscience, AboveGoodAndEvil, that will rule the new world.
48* TheCasanova: Svidrigailov claims to be able to attract any woman to him.
49* CharacterFilibuster: Everyone, as is the norm fo every novel [[SignatureStyle written by Dostoevsky]].
50* CharacterTics: Avdotya Romanovna has a habit of pacing up and down the room while thinking.
51* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Dunya pulls a gun on Svidrigailov, then discards it; Svidrigailov takes it after she leaves and, a few chapters later, uses it to kill himself.]]
52* TheChessmaster: Porfiry. Raskolnikov gets OutGambitted in almost every encounter, and Porfiry's one major setback is due to an outside influence neither man could have possibly predicted.
53* CloudCuckoolander: Named ''directly'' by Raskolnikov, in regards to his feverish behavior!
54* ColorMotif: Yellow is the color of [[WretchedHive St. Petersburg]] and supposedly symbolizes filth, decay, and insanity.
55* CoolOldGuy: Porfiry in many movie adaptations is portrayed as such; however, in the book he is just 35, although he looks older.
56* CrushBlush: Razumikhin a number of times after meeting Dunya.
57* DeadpanSnarker: Raskolnikov frequently makes cutting remarks.
58* DeadlyEuphemism: Svidrigailov likes talking about going to America. By which he actually means [[spoiler:suicide.]]
59* ADeathInTheLimelight: After being set up for almost the whole book, [[spoiler:Svidrigailov]] finally gets quite a few chapters about him and then [[spoiler:commits suicide.]]
60* DespairEventHorizon: Katerina Ivanovna crosses it when [[spoiler:she is driven out of her house after her memorial dinner.]]
61%%* DespiteThePlan
62* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Marmeladov]] dies in Sonya's arms.
63* DirtyOldMan: Svidrigaïlov despite looking younger really is 50 years old. He is engaged to a 15-year-old mute girl and is in love with/lusts after Dunya.
64* DissonantSerenity: Raskolnikov smiles in several unfitting circumstances, even though it's usually a [[SmugSmiler smug smile]] to show his disgust.
65* DistantFinale: About a year and a half after the main events of the book.
66* {{Doorstopper}}: About 600 pages.
67* DrivenToSuicide:
68** Early in the novel, Raskolnikov sees a drunk woman who tries to drown herself.
69** [[ImpliedTrope Could be the case]] with [[spoiler:Marmeladov]]. It's never made clear if he got in the way of the carriage simply because he was drunk or on purpose.
70** [[spoiler:Svidrigajlov, after being rejected by Dunya for the final time, spends the evening getting all his affairs in order, calmly goes on a walk in the morning, and shoots himself in the street.]]
71** [[spoiler:Subverted with Raskolnikov. Everyone thinks that he'll kill himself rather than go to prison and Raskolnikov even goes to the river in an attempt to drown himself, but he doesn't have the courage to do it and eventually realizes that he'll have to take responsibility for his actions.]]
72* TheDutifulSon: Dutiful ''daughter'', rather. With an alcoholic father on the one-hand and a consumptive stepmother on the other, Sonya takes it upon herself to be the breadwinner of the family [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold the only way she can]].
73* EntitledToHaveYou: Luzhin feels he's entitled to have Dunya because he "graciously" proposed to her despite all the awful rumors about her.
74* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Initially {{played straight}} and then {{averted}}; VillainProtagonist Raskolnikov genuinely adores his mother and sister, but, after the murders, he feels alienated from them and is actually irked by their very presence.
75* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Dunya not only has three men who have a romantic interest in her (if one-sided for some of them), but [[spoiler:Svidrigailov suggests that Marta Petrovna kept Dunya because she had fallen in love with her]].
76* EveryoneCanSeeIt: In regards to Razumikhin's feelings for Dunya.
77* EvilCounterpart: Raskolnikov meets ''two'' Evil Counterparts: actual {{ubermensch}} Svidrigajlov and another StrawNihilist, SmugSnake Luzhin.
78* ExactEavesDropping: [[spoiler:Svidrigailov just happens to rent the apartment next to Sonya's, with a comfortable spot to eavesdrop on Raskolnikov's confession.]]
79%%* FatBastard: Subverted with Porfiry, played straight with Luzhin.
80* FauxAffablyEvil: Svidrigajlov, who [[spoiler:makes his ScarpiaUltimatum polite and mixes it with an offer of help, but it's still a ScarpiaUltimatum.]]
81* FriendshipMoment: Radically subverted; Razumikhin constantly tries to help Raskolnikov, who at first treats him like crap and then decides to use him as a tool against his own antagonist, Porfiry.
82* TheGadfly: Porfiry. Once he pretended to prepare to become a monk, then convinced everyone that he's getting married just to mess with them. Then, of course, there is his [[BunnyEarsLawyer style of investigation]].
83* GeniusBruiser: Razumikhin is noted to be a large and strong person who can easily beat someone in a fight, but he's also a student and despite appearing simple-minded is actually quite reasonable and intelligent.
84* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sonya is blond-haired and has IncorruptiblePurePureness.
85* HeelFaithTurn: [[spoiler: Raskolnikov's redemption under the care of Sonya has more than a little to do with her unflinching religious faith.]]
86* HeelRealization: The ultimate point of Raskolnikov's CharacterDevelopment is him realizing that he's nothing more than a criminal, and his [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] are meaningless.
87* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Razumikhin calls himself an idiot a lot. When he falls in love with Dunya, he is absolutely certain that he doesn't deserve her because he is so scruffy and uncultured.
88* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Sonya is a prostitute out of necessity, but she's very [[IncorruptiblePurePureness kind and pious]].
89** For symbolic reasons, Dostoevsky makes Sonya charge exactly [[Literature/TheBible 30 silver rubles]] for her first encounter. The value of the 1860s silver ruble may be estimated by then exchange rate to the dollar and inflation, or by the silver content, about $8 to $20 in 2019 dollars. [[LogicBomb Which means a poor uneducated girl who barely could afford boarding with a poor family charged]] as much as [[HighClassCallGirl a luxury escort of modern day]].
90* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Raskolnikov sees Razumikhin as this for always finding another explanation for the evidence that he's a murderer. [[spoiler:It does turn out that even he suspected Raskolinkov for some time, though.]]
91* HotBlooded: Razumikhin, a bear of a man who drinks an awful lot, but never gets drunk, and will have a philosophical argument with you while shouting at the top of his lungs.
92* HumiliationConga: Luzhin not only [[spoiler:gets chased out of the house and prevented from marrying Dunya]] but [[spoiler:gets pretty humiliated when Lebezyatnikov and Raskolnikov reveal his scheme to frame Sonya.]]
93* IJustWantToBeSpecial: A {{deconstruction}}. For Raskolnikov, being special includes "the right" to murder for [[AboveGoodAndEvil your cause]], get away with it, and feel no remorse. When he tries to be special, he finds out just how ''un''special he is, and spends the entire novel tormented by the psychological repercussions of committing murder.
94* IKissYourFoot: Raskolnikov does this to Sonya at one point.
95-->'''Raskolnikov:''' I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
96%%* IKnowYouKnowIKnow
97* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:Sonya follows Raskolnikov to Siberia for an eight-year wait while he serves time.]]
98* IncorruptiblePurePureness:
99** Sonya, in spite of her profession, is by all means a saint. She sacrifices her innocence and honor to provide for her family, never blames her [[AlcoholicParent father]] or [[TroubledAbuser stepmother]], has only sympathy for Rodion when he confesses his crime to her, and, of course, she is a devoted Christian.
100** Dunya as well. [[spoiler:Even when trapped with a DirtyOldMan who threatens to betray her brother to the police and also rape her, she can't bring herself to actually kill him.]]
101* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Katerina Ivanovna has tuberculosis, [[spoiler: which eventually claims her life.]]
102* InnocentBlueEyes: [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Sonya]] has blue eyes.
103* InnocentlyInsensitive:
104** Trying to justify her idea of marrying Luzhin, Dunya tells Raskolnikov: "I am not committing a murder. Why do you look at me like that? Why are you so pale?"
105** Raskolnikov asks Svidrigailov: "Are you starting soon on your travels, may I ask?" not knowing that it's Svidrigailov's euphemism for [[spoiler: suicide]]. Svidrigailov even answers him: "If only you knew what you are asking."
106* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Luzhin. Did you wonder why he'd do something so out of character as to give Sonya money with no strings attached? It doesn't take long to find out.
107* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Five minutes into his career of purging society of its "lice," Raskolnikov murders a woman whose only crime was that she could expose him.
108* KarmaHoudini: A minor version of this trope is found in SmugSnake Luzhin; he doesn't succeed at marrying Dunya, but being the despicable asshole he is, he still gets away lightly.
109* KindheartedSimpleton: Lisaveta is a timid, kind simpleton.
110* KickTheDog: Luzhin has a mean kick. He doesn't have a bone to pick with Sonya; he attempts to frame her for theft just to spite Raskolnikov who's fond of her.
111* LampshadeHanging: Razumikhin's verbal recreation of the events of the murder is spot on, but Zossimov dismisses it as "melodrama."
112* LonersAreFreaks: Raskolnikov is a loner who hates talking to other people, and he ends up being a murderous AntiHero.
113* LoveAtFirstSight: Razumikhin falls head over heels as soon as he lays his eyes on Dunya and since he's bit drunk at the moment, he gives her a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments rather wacky declaration of love]].
114* ManipulativeBastard: Porfiry, who always has Raskolnikov under his thumb psychologically.
115* MartyrWithoutACause: Porfiry muses that this is probably why [[spoiler:Nikolai confessed]], and Raskolnikov and Dunya are both noted to have this trait by other characters.
116* MeaningfulName: Plenty of them:
117** Raskolnikov is derived from the archaic Russian word "raskolnik", which means "heretic" (usually used when referring to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Believers old believers]])-fitting well enough with the character's WellIntentionedExtremist mindset-but it also literally means "shatterer", and indeed Raskolnikov shatters both the world around him and his own soul.
118** Sonya, or Sofia, means "wisdom", and she is practically TheParagon in this novel.
119** Marmeladov, the last name of Sonya, her father and Katerina Ivanovna, is more of an IronicName. Marmelad is Russian for fruit jelly, and their life is anything but sweet.
120** Razumikhin sounds very close (and is related) to the Russian word "razumny", which can mean "[[TheChessmaster intelligent]]" or "[[NiceGuy sensible]]". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Svidrigailov notes that Razumikhin must be a reasonable person since even his name implies it.
121** Lebezyatnikov comes from "lebezit", which means "[[ProfessionalButtKisser to fawn, to suck up]]".
122** Svidrigailov refers to a XV-century Grand Duke of Lithunia Švitrigaila who was reasonably cruel but not untypically for his time.
123** The family of Kapernaumovs is named after the biblical town of Capernaum mentioned in all four Gospels of the New Testament. However they never appear, Sonya merely rents a room at their house, and later so does Svidrigailov.
124* MoralMyopia: While Raskolnikov is sick in his apartment, and Luzhin is visiting, Luzhin is laying out his progressive, egoistic philosophy. Raskolnikov gets sickened by Luzhin's "ends justify means" doctrine, and even calls him out angrily "you could even justify murder with that logic!", not realizing his hypocrisy.
125* MurdererPOV: VillainProtagonist plans his [[ThePerfectCrime perfect crime]], commits it, tries to evade the police, [[spoiler: succeeds, but then confesses.]] The novel focuses on the inner turmoil the murder causes.
126* MurderMakesYouCrazy: Raskolnikov grows increasingly deranged after committing murder. [[spoiler:It is only when he has his HeelRealization and decides to confess that he calms down, and even then it takes until the DistantFinale for him to finally find peace.]]
127* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Raskolnikov, shortly after he is accused of being a murderer.
128* {{Narcissist}}: Luzhin certainly has a few traits; he's obsessed with his public image, admires himself in a mirror, wants a wife whose existence will revolve around praising him, has a very high opinion of himself, and gets very insulted over the most minor of things (such as Dunya disobeying his order to not invite her brother to dinner).
129* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler:When Dunya rejects his ScarpiaUltimatum, Svidrigajlov tells her that resisting him is futile because he can just rape her anyway, since she's trapped in a locked room with him and no one else around. While she does pull a gun on him, she can't make herself shoot to kill, and he ultimately lets her go.]]
130* NiceGuy: Razumikhin is one. He is a loyal friend, has nothing but good intentions and can't be angry at his friends when they get drunk and disrespectful or at Raskolnikov when the latter jokes him about his love for Dunya. Despite the way Raskolnikov treats him, he is always happy to help him.
131* NoIndoorVoice: [[HotBlooded Razumikhin]] shouts most of his [[CharacterFilibuster speeches]] at the top of his lungs.
132* NoodleIncident: While reading the newspapers trying to find an article on the pawnbroker's murder, Raskolnikov relays the headlines of several terrible happenings recorded within, one of which involving the SpontaneousHumanCombustion of a shopkeeper from alcohol. Nothing more is said on the matter.
133* NotSoDifferentRemark: Raskolnikov thinks that, just like Sonya became a hooker, Dunya is going to marry a despicable man to help her loved ones.
134%%** Luzhin and Svidrigailov are two despicable and immoral men who are treated by Rodion with complete revulsion. However, it is constantly implied that they follow the same [[StrawNihilist pattern of thought]] as Raskolnikov, only devoid of all ambiguity and pretense of [[WellIntentionedExtremist improving the world by breaking the law]].
135* TheNounAndTheNoun: ''Crime'' and ''Punishment''.
136* ObfuscatingStupidity:
137** Porfiry pretends to be a buffoon, but he is actually so sharp he occasionally seems to have ESP.
138** A more minor example earlier in the book: Razumikhin says he's having trouble translating German, but he turns out he doesn't and was just saying this to give Raskolnikov a job.
139* OhCrap:
140** Raskolnikov has this reaction when Porfiry reveals that he wasn't "clearing up a misunderstanding" but instead he knows that Raskolnikov is the murderer.
141** Luzhin also reacts this way when he realizes that he is actually going to lose his chance at marriage.
142%%* OlderThanTheyLook: Luhzin, Svidrigailov and Pulcheria Alexandrovna.
143* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Razumikhin says the page quote, adds that Raskolnikov might be incapable of love, and then tells Dunya that she is a lot like her brother. Embarrassment ensues.
144* ParasolOfPrettiness: Sonya carries one, even when she's not in her work uniform.
145* PlatonicProstitution: Between Raskolnikov and Sonya. He conducts "business" with her and visits her apartment alone, but it's solely to unload his emotional weight.
146* ThePowerOfLove: Nihilism and pride fuel most of the actions of the book. This is the only thing that stands in their way. [[spoiler:It's enough to save Raskolnikov.]]
147* PrincessInRags: Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova came from a very respectable family and ended up the wife of drunkard Marmeladov. [[HumiliationConga It gets worse after that]]. Despite this, she still carries herself like she's in her old position.
148* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: This is one of the book's major themes, as hinted at by the title. Though Raskolnikov [[spoiler: ''is'' eventually shipped off to Siberia in payment for the murders he commits]], the narrative makes it clear that the worse punishment is the overwhelming mixture of paranoia and guilt he suffers as a result of his crimes.
149* RealPlaceBackground: Even though the actual names of the streets are usually not mentioned, most if not all of the streets and the houses where the novel takes place actually exist (or existed, in Dostoevsky's time) in St. Petersburg. Nowadays, there are walking tours around the locations.
150* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Svidrigailov commits suicide after rediscovering his inner moral compass and understanding that there is a higher purpose in life.]]
151* SarcasticConfession: When surprised by a policeman in a café, Raskolnikov makes a point to lead him on as much as possible that Raskolnikov would make a great criminal, going so far as telling them nearly exactly how he managed to escape from blame so far. Once he had the policeman in such a creeped-out state, Raskolnikov admits that he did murder the pawnbroker only to laugh in the policeman's face shortly after, causing the confession to sound like a mean spirited joke. For extra measure, Raskolnikov then rubs more evidence that he did actually do it in the policeman's face as he hastily leaves the café.
152* SeniorCreep: Alyona Ivanovna, whom Raskolnikov murders because of her greed and unpleasant demeanor toward other people.
153* SequelHook: At the end of the epilogue, [[spoiler:the narration warns that for all Raskolnikov may share Sonya's optimism about his remaining time in Siberia, he is unaware that his redemption will not be given to him for free, that his renewal will be paid for with suffering... but that's another story for another time.[[note]]One that Dostoyevsky ultimately chose not to write.[[/note]]]]
154* ShrinkingViolet: Sonya is shy, timid and uncertain around strangers. [[spoiler:She seems to have grown out of it in the epilogue, as she's on friendly enough terms with Raskolnikov's fellow inmates and the townsfolk to ferry letters between them.]]
155* SiblingYinYang: Alyona Ivanovna and Lisaveta. The former is greedy and mean, the latter is a KindheartedSimpleton.
156* SingleMomStripper: Sonya becomes a prostitute to feed her step-siblings.
157* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler: Dunya and Razumihkin get married in the epilogue.]]
158%%* SmugSmiler: Raskolnikov.
159%%* SmugSnake: Luzhin.
160* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Due to multiple translations from Russian to English.
161* StarvingStudent: Raskolnikov was like this and his need of money is an important element of the plot. Razumikhin counts as well, but somehow he copes with it better.
162* StrawmanPolitical: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Lebezyatnikov, who does have rather simplified arguments for "modern thought", but the narrative notes that he's just a person who's not very smart and tends to make any philosophical position sound unreasonable regardless of its actual merit.
163* StrawNihilist: A celebrated UrExample and UnbuiltTrope. Raskolnikov's musings on the "beyond good and evil" superhuman are at least 20 years older than Nietzsche's philosophy, and in fact partly inspired him.
164--> '''Raskolnikov''' (''referring to the prostitution of Sonya''): Hurrah for Sonya! What a mine they’ve dug there! And they’re making the most of it! Yes, they are making the most of it! They’ve wept over it and grown used to it. Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel! And what if I am wrong, he cried suddenly after a moment’s thought. What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind—then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it’s all as it should be.
165* TheStoic: Raskolnikov, most of the time. By Razumikhin's account, he "doesn't like voicing his feelings, and would rather do something cruel than speak his heart out in words".
166* SurpriseWitness: A man approaches Raskolnikov on the street, calls him a murderer and leaves. Later, Porfiry subjects Raskolnikov to a vicious MindRape and is about to call someone who hides in an adjusting room to draw the final nail in the coffin... [[spoiler:Then, Nikolai bursts in, confesses to the murder of the moneylender, and ruins Porfiry's game. Later, we found out that the same man was indeed hiding in the room, but he only had seen Raskolnikov visiting the moneylender's apartment after the murder and acting weird, so really he had nothing concrete.]]
167* SympatheticMurderer: Raskolnikov commits a premeditated murder. He specifically chose to kill [[AssholeVictim "a pest to society"]] to do something good with her money and wrestles with guilt over doing it. Also, he loves his family and seems to instinctively jump to help whenever he sees someone in need.
168* TallDarkAndHandsome: Raskolnikov is "exceptionally handsome, above the average in height, slim, well-built, with beautiful dark eyes and dark brown hair." Artist P.Boklevsky imagined him like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Boklevsky_Raskolnirov1.jpg?uselang=ru this]].
169* TroubledAbuser: Katerina Ivanovna [[AbusiveParents beats her children]] when they cry, insults Sonya, and [[DomesticAbuse drags her husband by the hair]]. She is not necessarily a bad person, but she is sick, desperate, and has a temper.
170%%* ThePerfectCrime: Oh, the irony...
171* {{Ubermensch}}: An UnbuiltTrope at the time it was written. Raskolnikov's main purpose is to become a superior man beyond good and evil; the whole book could be considered a TakeThat ''ante litteram'' to Nietzsche's theories (but ironically, Nietzsche took him as an ''inspiration''). Raskolnikov himself describes his inspiration, Napoleon Bonaparte, in Ubermenschian terms.
172* TheUnfettered: Raskolnikov, initially. Subverted quite quickly, though, as his inability to truly become this after the murder makes him his own worst enemy.
173* UnusualEuphemism: [[spoiler:Svidrigailov uses the phrase "I'm going to America" to refer to committing suicide several times, particularly in his death scene.]]
174* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Ruthlessly {{deconstructed}}. Even though Raskolnikov intends to help the people whom the moneylender has exploited, the unplanned murder of her innocent sister leads him to question his beliefs.
175* VillainProtagonist: Raskolnikov is the main character and the murderer, albeit [[SympatheticMurderer a sympathetic one]].
176* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Did I murder the old woman? '''[[HeelRealization I murdered myself, not her! I crushed myself once for all, for ever....''']] But it was the devil that killed that old woman, not I. Enough, enough, Sonya, enough! Let me be!"]]
177* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is mentioned that Lizaveta is constantly pregnant. No mention is ever given of her children again.
178* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:As Porfiry tells Raskolnikov, he doesn't really have evidence to pin the crime on him even if he knows that Rodion is the killer, and the possibility that Svidrigailov could potentially blackmail and exploit his sister and his family disappears when Raskolnikov finds out he had committed suicide. He is scot-free and yet it is at this moment that Rodion finally confesses to the crime]].
179* WellIntentionedExtremist: Raskolnikov. Though it's debatable whether he murdered the pawnbroker to use the money altruistically or to help himself or whether he simply wanted to prove that he was an {{Ubermensch}} and could get away with it. Considering Raskolnikov and his situation, probably a combination.
180* WretchedHive: In Russian literature, Dostoevsky's St. Petersburg could be its own trope akin to TheBigRottenApple. You can't walk a step without seeing a tragedy of some kind.
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182!! Adaptations of ''Crime and Punishment'' include:
183* ''Prestuplenie i nakazanie'' (1909) -- The first-ever film adaptation, a {{silent movie}} produced in Russia.
184* ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) -- The first American, English-language film adaptation, directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg and starring Creator/PeterLorre as Raskolnikov.
185* ''Tsumi To Batsu'' (1953) -- A Japanese {{manga}} adaptation.
186* ''Crime and Punishment'' (1956) -- A French film adaptation starring Creator/JeanGabin.
187* ''Film/{{Pickpocket}}'' (1959) -- A French film adaptation loosely based on the novel, directed by Creator/RobertBresson.
188* ''Crime and Punishment'' (1983) -- A Finnish film adaptation, changing the setting from 19th century Saint Petersburg to late 20th century Helsinki.
189* ''The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime'' (1996) -- A feature-length episode of ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' loosely based on the novel, starring Creator/JamesGarner
190* ''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Dostoevsky]]'s Crime and Punishment'' (1998) -- An American MadeForTVMovie starring Creator/PatrickDempsey as Raskolnikov, Creator/BenKingsley as Porfiry, Julie Delpy as Sonya, and Creator/EddieMarsan as Dimitri.
191* ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' (2000) -- An American film adaptation, [[InspiredBy very loosely based on the novel]]. Set in 21st century America, it follows teenager [[GenderFlip Roseanne]] (Monica Keena), who kills her sexually abusive step-father (Creator/MichaelIronside) after [[RapeAsBackstory he rapes her]] and struggles with the guilt of her crime.
192* ''Crime and Punishment'' (2002) -- A British {{television serial}} produced by the Creator/{{BBC}}, starring Creator/JohnSimm as Raskolnikov and Creator/IanMcDiarmid as Porfiry.
193* ''Crime and Punishment'' (2002) -- An English-language, American-Russian-Polish film adaptation, directed by [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Menahem Golan]] and starring Creator/CrispinGlover as Raskolnikov, Creator/JohnHurt as Porfiry, Creator/MargotKidder as Katerina, Creator/VanessaRedgrave as Pulcheria, and Creator/RonPerlman as Dusharo. This version is set in modern-day Moscow, not that you'd know it from [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent how the characters mostly speak with American or British accents]] or how the script [[AnachronismStew ignores the evolved technology of the time]].
194* ''WebVideo/ClassicAlice: Crime and Punishment'' (2014) -- A six-episode arc of the American {{web video}} series that discusses and adapts the story of the novel.

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