Study Guide for Crime and Punishment
By BookCaps
4/5
()
About this ebook
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's epic masterpiece "Crime and Punishment" is massive--dozens of characters, themes, subplots. If you are having trouble keeping track of whose who and what's what, then this book will help you.
The covers all the major plots, characters and themes and gives a chapter by chapter summary of the entire book.
BookCaps
We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.
Read more from Book Caps
The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Merchant of Venice In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Macbeth: Teachers Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Taming of the Shrew In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Ruth (A Modern Bible Commentary) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5King Lear In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTroilus and Cressida In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Merry Wives of Windsor In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeart of Darkness Study Guide and Book (Annotated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Red Riding Hood In Spanish and English (Bilingual Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante’s Inferno In Plain and Simple English Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hamlet Companion (Includes Study Guide, Complete Unabridged Book, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Red Badge of Courage Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, and Character Index) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Boston Tea Party: A History Just for Kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrankfurt for the Un-Tourist! The Ultimate Travel Guide for the Person Who Wants to See More than the Average Tourist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Genesis: A Modern Bible Commentary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Acts of the Apostles: A Modern Bible Commentary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWar and Peace Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5James Bond: The Unofficial Reference to the Man, the Books, the Movies, and the Man Who Invented It All Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreaking Bad: The Unofficial Reference (A BookCaps Study Guide) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOthello Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index) Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Divine Comedy Companion (Includes Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Job: A Modern Bible Commentary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Two Gentlemen of Verona in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMuch Ado About Nothing Simplified! (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Divine Comedy In About An Hour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Book of Exodus: A Modern Bible Commentary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Study Guide for Crime and Punishment
Related ebooks
Study Guide to Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMacbeth by William Shakespeare (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStudy Guide to the Introductory Lectures of Sigmund Freud Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Charles Dickens's Great Expectations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath in Venice (MAXNotes Literature Guides) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn": A Discussion Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat Expectations (MAXNotes Literature Guides) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Yellow Wallpaper" Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Study Guide to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Works by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDubliners Thrift Study Edition Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A Study Guide for Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Anton Chekhov's "The Kiss" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Literature Help: Light In August Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for William Shakespeare's Macbeth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStudy Guide to Bleak House by Charles Dickens Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHowards End by E. M. Forster (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGale Researcher Guide for: T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A Study Guide for Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5William Shakespeare's "Macbeth": A Discussion Guide Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Study Guides For You
Summary of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Workbook & Summary of Becoming Supernatural How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon by Joe Dispenza: Workbooks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of How to Know a Person By David Brooks: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Barron's American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Guide to ASL 1 and 2 with Online Video Practice Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Summary of Prequel By Rachel Maddow : An American Fight Against Fascism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 AM Club Summary: Business Book Summaries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Thorns and Roses: A Novel by Sarah J. Maas | Conversation Starters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary of Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday: The Power of Self-Control (The Stoic Virtues Series) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5100 Years of Solitude (SparkNotes Literature Guide) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Scarcity Brain By Michael Easter: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Young Forever by Mark Hyman M.D.: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Spare By Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Summary of The Creative Act: A Way of Being | A Guide To Rick Rubin's Book Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Summary of Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life… And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for Study Guide for Crime and Punishment
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Study Guide for Crime and Punishment - BookCaps
Chapter Summaries
Part I
Chapter 1
Raskolnikov—In Chapter 1, we meet Raskolnikov, a young student—tall, sensitive, and handsome, with fine features. But Raskolnikov was also dirt poor and had cut himself off from the world for some time. Shabbily dressed and with nothing to eat for the past two days, he managed to sneak out of his closet-sized attic room and past his landlady’s open door as he descended the five flights of stairs leading outside. Aside from not wanting to listen to his landlady’s chatter, Raskolnikov was way behind on his rent and couldn’t have paid even if he wanted to.
Dark thoughts—But today, having successfully snuck out, Raskolnikov sensed something more like terror rather than his usual fear. He had been having dark, frightening thoughts, and though he dismissed them at first, they had recently taken on a new reality as they began to hatch into a plan instead of a mere fantasy. He became acutely aware of this when a drunk singled him out by his German hat—once fancy but now shabby and ridiculous—and Raskolnikov realized that he would need to replace it with something less obvious. Every detail had to be in place for his plan to work. Anything less could spell disaster.
An unpleasant city setting; avoiding people—The Haymarket area of central St. Petersburg was known for its bars and brothels, and today the stench of the city in summer was intensified by the sweltering July weather. Navigating his way through these unpleasant circumstances, at once terrified and fascinated by his dark thoughts and the power they implied, Raskolnikov headed over to pawn one of his few possessions—his late father’s silver pocket watch—to a mean, suspicious old woman who lived in a tenement nearby. The streets were crowded, but in general Raskolnikov was oblivious to the people, preferring to avoid them. He couldn’t help noticing the intensity of his fear, and he wondered how he would handle it if his idle dark thoughts transformed into reality.
Pawning his possessions; a keen observation—Alena Ivanovna was hardly welcoming when she saw Raskolnikov. Reminding him that he owed interest on his last pledge, she informed him that the items he brought were junk. The watch was not worth the four rubles he was asking. She would pay no more than one and a half, and she would dock the interest. Shocked, but feeling he had no choice, Raskolnikov reluctantly agreed and left with the one ruble and fifteen kopeks Alena Ivanovna gave him. As he was heading out, he pretended to casually ask about her sister’s whereabouts, though, in truth, he was never casual about anything. His mind was always active—observing, surmising, imagining. He noticed the faded yet spotless condition of her apartment and the specific jingle of her keys as she opened the drawers in the next room; and he guessed what those details meant: who kept the apartment so clean (probably Lizaveta, the old woman’s younger sister—certainly not Alena Ivanovna herself); which of the old woman’s keys belonged to which drawer or chest; the fact that no one else ever seemed to be there.
Raskolnikov stops at a tavern for a bite to eat—Alena Ivanovna was not receptive to his question about Lizaveta. Why should that interest him? And so, Raskolnikov left, still accompanied by his dark thoughts, which had reached an intense pitch by the time he got outside. How could he even contemplate such a vile act? Filled with self-hatred, he continued walking, when he suddenly felt an urgent need for a cold beer, having had nothing for two days. He had never been in a pub before, but now he ducked down into a dark, dingy tavern. After some beer and a bit of bread, he noticed his thoughts clearing and his spirits lifting, but that in itself troubled him—that a bit of food could change his condition so easily. Still, he was feeling more sociable, so he looked around at the few men seated in the pub, all in various states of drunkenness and dozing, singing, or just sitting there in their anger or misery.
Chapter 2
A sudden desire to interact—Something had shifted within Raskolnikov—something deeper than just the obvious revival that came from having a bite to eat and drink. He was feeling more cheerful and friendly in spite of the rank and dingy setting, with its overpowering smell of liquor; and after a month of isolation and misery, he felt a strong desire for contact with other people. That did not, however, include most of the people in the room, whom he considered beneath him. But one man, a retired government clerk, had caught his eye, and the interest seemed to be