Crime and Punishment Criminality Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph). We used Constance Garnett's translation.
| Quote #1 "I want to attempt a thing like that and am frightened by these trifles," [Raskolnikov] thought, with an odd smile. (1.1.5) |
This is the first time we hear about Raskolnikov's bad idea. Even though most people already know a lot the book is about an axe murder before they read it, it's still creepy and mysterious.
| Quote #2 [Raskolnikov] was positively going now for a "rehearsal" of his project, and at every step his excitement grew more and more violent. (1.1.9) |
Uh oh. He really sounds like a criminal here. Depending on the crime, rehearsing can get you into almost as much trouble as actually committing it.
| Quote #3 [Marmeladov:] "She walked straight up to Katerina Ivanovna and she laid thirty roubles on the table before her in silence." (1.1.21) |
This is how Marmeladov describes Sonia's return from her first prostitution job. Though prostitution wasn't illegal in Russia during this time, Katerina and Marmeladov are committing a moral crime against Sonia by forcing her to do it.
