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1 Power in Crime and Punishment Nina Mallery Morgan Gilbert Nina Mallery Morgan Gilbert

2 Murder of Alyona Ivannova and Lizafeta  unattractive “ eyes sparkling w/ malice ”  “ The old woman was as always bareheaded. Her thin, light hair, streaked with grey, thickly smeared with grease, was plaited in a rat's tail and fastened by a broken horn comb which stood out on the nape of her neck ” (80)- Indicates evil  Steals some goods but not many- only what he needed  unattractive “ eyes sparkling w/ malice ”  “ The old woman was as always bareheaded. Her thin, light hair, streaked with grey, thickly smeared with grease, was plaited in a rat's tail and fastened by a broken horn comb which stood out on the nape of her neck ” (80)- Indicates evil  Steals some goods but not many- only what he needed

3 Gives money to Marmeladov ’ s family  Drunk, tattered clothes  Alternates hatred for justification  He was a man over fifty, bald and grizzled, of medium height, and stoutly built. His face, bloated from continual drinking, was of a yellow, even greenish, tinge, with swollen eyelids out of which keen reddish eyes gleamed like little chinks. But there was something very strange in him; there was a light in his eyes as though of intense feeling — perhaps there were even thought and intelligence, but at the same time there was a gleam of something like madness (10)  Power to do good- wants to believe he is good  Drunk, tattered clothes  Alternates hatred for justification  He was a man over fifty, bald and grizzled, of medium height, and stoutly built. His face, bloated from continual drinking, was of a yellow, even greenish, tinge, with swollen eyelids out of which keen reddish eyes gleamed like little chinks. But there was something very strange in him; there was a light in his eyes as though of intense feeling — perhaps there were even thought and intelligence, but at the same time there was a gleam of something like madness (10)  Power to do good- wants to believe he is good

4 Sister ’ s engagement to Luzhin  “ Almost from the first, while he read the letter, Raskolnikov's face was wet with tears; but when he finished it, his face was pale and distorted and a bitter, wrathful and malignant smile was on his lips ” (41)  b. I won't have your sacrifice, Dounia, I won't have it, mother! It shall not be, so long as I am alive, it shall not, it shall not! I won't accept it! ” (46)- protests that she will be forever indebted to fianc é - he does not want someone else to have power over her  “ Almost from the first, while he read the letter, Raskolnikov's face was wet with tears; but when he finished it, his face was pale and distorted and a bitter, wrathful and malignant smile was on his lips ” (41)  b. I won't have your sacrifice, Dounia, I won't have it, mother! It shall not be, so long as I am alive, it shall not, it shall not! I won't accept it! ” (46)- protests that she will be forever indebted to fianc é - he does not want someone else to have power over her

5 Illness  Unconscious response to stress of murder  Losing control of body  Power given to Razuhmin  Unconscious response to stress of murder  Losing control of body  Power given to Razuhmin

6 . Argues to free accused man-  Although against himself, his attempt do right thing- be good  Shows his loss of “ power ” over the police  Power to control the police investigation  Although against himself, his attempt do right thing- be good  Shows his loss of “ power ” over the police  Power to control the police investigation

7 Confessions in the story throughout  Atempts to gain power  Disbelief leads to a conscious loss of power  Constant consideration of confession  Razuhimin eye contact  “ I was ambitious to become another Napoleon that was why I killed her. ”  Atempts to gain power  Disbelief leads to a conscious loss of power  Constant consideration of confession  Razuhimin eye contact  “ I was ambitious to become another Napoleon that was why I killed her. ”

8 Final confession  Leads to Siberia  Police have power  punishment  Freedom  Visual loss of power  Final power over himself and life  Leads to Siberia  Police have power  punishment  Freedom  Visual loss of power  Final power over himself and life


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