Crime and Punishment short summaries

CP: Part Summaries
Part 1
Rask is introduced as a handsome young man; a former student and tutor who has quit the above because of lack of money and he doesn’t think his appearance is good enough to continue. He lives in a very small room alone, but has a mother and sister close by.
Part 1
The pawnbroker is introduced as an evil woman who takes advantage of others. R. is already planning her murder.
Marm’ is an alcoholic and out of work. He married Katerina who used to be very well off and has tb. Their oldest Sonia has been forced into prostitution to get money for the family. R. meets Marm in a bar.
Part 1
R. wants to break off Dounia’s wedding because he thinks she is doing it only as a sacrifice.
The mare beating dream seems to suggest to R that the murder of the pawnbroker is necessary. He has convinced himself that it will not be a crime but a necessity for humanity.
Part 1
He feels that criminals get caught because of “disease of will” that interferes with their ability to reason.
He plans the murder for 7, when Lizavetta is out of the apartment, but is half an hour late. He kills Alyona with an ax, freaks out a bit, takes her keys and looks for the money. Liz. Returns and he kills her, too. He escapes and immediately falls asleep at home.
Part 2
He is obsessed with what he should do with the money. Landlady appears with police (he thinks he’s caught), but it is for a summons to appear because he hasn’t paid rent.
He thinks he is being tricked into a confession and even hears discussion of the murder at the police station.
He becomes very ill and Razhumikin takes care of him.
Part 2
Zossimov comes to see R. He and Raz. Discuss the murder and say that the painters have been accused. R. becomes excited at this news, but the doctor thinks it’s because he has recovered.
Luzhin comes to speak with R. R. really shows his dislike of him and says he wants Dounia only so that she will be indebted to him.
Part 2
R gives up any thoughts of suicide and leaves the apartment. He meets Zametov, the police officer. They discuss the crimes, Z. refers to it as “amateur.”
He sees a woman attempt to drown herself at the bridge, but decides it isn’t a good enough death for him. He resolves to go and confess.
Marm has been run over by a carriage.
Part 3
R. says he won’t allow Dounia’s marriage. Zossimov decides that R. is not really insane.
Mom and Dounia visit R; R gives the ultimatum that it is either him or Luz.
Sonia comes to ask R to attend her father’s funeral. She is embarrassed when she realizes he gave Marm money.
Part 3
Porfiry asks R. about an article that he wrote about crime. He wrote that crime comes along with illness and that only extraordinary men can accomplish it.
Porfiry attempts to trick R.
He returns to the apartment to make sure there isn’t any evidence and then falls asleep. He has a dream that he strikes the pawnbroker, but she doesn’t die. Svid is there when he awakes.
Part 4
Dounia tells Luz to leave her. Raz. Defends Dounia and stays by her, suggesting his love for her.
Raz. Wants to start a publishing business.
Sonia is taunted by Ras, and here we see religious elements.
Part 4
The conflict between Ras and Porfiry continues. P. tries to convince R to confess his crime, using a lot of psychology.


Part 5
The reader hears a lot of socialist ideas from Lebeziatnikov.
Luzhin give 10 rubles for Marm’s family. Leb witnesses this. He also saw Luzhin put something else in Sonia’s pocket. Leb is not aware of Luzhin’s plan to scandalize Sonia.
Katerina host a funeral banquet for Marm. She is insulted by the guests who show up (or don’t show up). She acts ridiculously and insults her landlady.
Part 5
Luzhin accuses Sonia of stealing 100 rubles. Leb speaks on her behalf of what he saw. Luzhin leaves, a goblet is thrown that hits the landlady and Katerian is evicted.
R confesses the crime to Sonia. She promises to follow him to Siberia. He refuses to asks for forgiveness for his sins and won’t accept the “cross” she offers to him. Svid hears the conversation.
Part 5
Sonia finds her mother and siblings on the street. Katerina has lost her mind and is dancing and singing (forcing the kids to do so as well) for money.
Katerina collapses; Svid promises to pay for the children at an orphanage after Katerina dies.
R discovers that Svid knows his secret.
Part 6
Dounia received a letter from Svid.
Porfiry again visits and explains to r why the painters could not have done the crime. Porfiry tells R to confess.
R finds Svid in the tavern.
Svid confesses his past in regards to his marriage and Dounia. He discusses his fascination with children and his impending marriage to a 16 year old. He is still obsessed with Dounia.
Part 6
Svid tricks Dounia into coming to his apartment. Dounia grabs the gun and shoots him twice but misses. The 3rd time she realizes she cannot kill someone. Svid realizes there is no way she could ever really love him, gives her the key and lets her go.
Part 6
Svid gives money to Sonia for Siberia. He has a dream about a 5 year old. Then shoots himself and dies.
R visits mom and asks her to pray for him. He has decided to confess.
R accepts Sonia’s cross, goes to the police station, and Sonia follows him.
Epilogue
(added later by the author)
R and Sonia are in Siberia.
The trial is described. R told everything, even admitting to where he hid the money under the stone. They are amazed that he committed the crime, but didn’t use the money.
We learn of the positive aspects of R’s character, including the fact that he saved some children from a fire.
Epilogue
His sentence was 8 years servitude in Siberia.
Pulcheria becomes ill and, while Dounia hasn’t told her the truth, she does seem to “know” something of her son’s situation. She later dies.
Dounia married Raz.
Sonia and R will wait out his punishment. R. takes to the New Testament and looks back over his and Sonia’s past and future.