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The Doppelgänger Motif in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment

Quick fact

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment features multiple doppelgängers for Raskolnikov, including Svidrigailov and Sonya, who each mirror different facets of his psyche—his nihilistic arrogance and his capacity for suffering and redemption—creating a vivid externalization of his internal moral battle.

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Have you ever felt like you had a dark twin, someone who embodies everything you fear you could become? In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky makes that feeling literal, populating the novel with characters who act as Raskolnikov's alter egos.