Crime and Punishment Chap 3
Chapter five begins as Raskolnikov, the overall main character of the story or protagonist realizes that he is walking toward his companion Razumikhin's place. He decides not to visit, only to visit after he has committed his terrible act, and by horrible act, he means when he kills the pawnbroker. He is still thinking about committing his act and is unsure. As a result, Raskolnikov decides to drink some brandy and soon falls asleep in some grass. His mind is muddled and he is plunged into a dream. In this dream he is a young boy. He finds a group of peasants harshly beating a horse. The russian who has the horse is not mad at all, and relishes in murdering the horse. Young Raskolnikov cannot understand why the peasants are cruelly killing the horse. He is obviously upset. Eventually the horse dies and he holds the dead horse's head. His father eventually brings him away. At this time, Raskolnikov wakes up scared. The dream was really a scene from his boyhood. It actually happened several years before when he was a young boy. He firmly decides that the murder of the pawnbroker would be horrible and decides he will not under any circumstances kill the woman. He cannot fall asleep and decides to go home. He passes by a busy place. Suddenly, he hears that the pawnbroker's sibling would not be home around seven. This is truly an opportune moment for him, he thinks. He realizes that the time would be a good opportunity to kill the womsn. He is terrified and does not know what to do. He thinks that he has the ability to kill the pawnbroker, but is also horrified by the idea. By this time, he feels that he has little free will and that it might be his fate to kill the pawnbroker. He is losing hope and continually drifting towards murdering the old woman. In the following chapters, we will learn if Raskolniov decides to actually carry out the act. I hope you enjoyed this analysis of Crime and Punishment chapter 3.