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What's he all about? Well, he wants to marry a poor girl so that he can turn her into a slave. He only wants Dounia as a trophy wife We hear this straight from his twisted mind in the sections from his point of view—we wish we were making this part up. Part of his flatness is because he drops completely out of the plot after Andrey Semyonovitch saves Sonia from Luzhin's dastardly plan.

Is this a flaw in the novel, a result of the intense deadlines Dostoevsky faced? We can only speculate. Disappearing subplots are actually kind of fun, at least to us. They are, after all, a bit like the way life actually goes. He decides he will not permit Luzhin to marry Dunya under any circumstances. Raskolnikov goes to on to denounce Luzhin for his penny-pinching behavior, since Pulcheria and Dunya will have to pay for much of He believes that, if Dunya were to marry for Part 2, Chapter 5.

Luzhin worries that conversation might further upset the sick man, but Zossimov Luzhin , Razumikhin, and Zossimov discuss the murder and other recent crimes in Moscow, among the upper, Part 2, Chapter 7. The landlord Amalia, Frau Lippewechsel, arrives and begins fighting with Katerina. The doctor arrives and informs Raskolnikov that there is no hope: Marmeladov will die Part 3, Chapter 1. They say they know Luzhin has visited that day; Raskolnikov tells Dunya he does not approve of the marriage and Pulcheria seems not to understand; Dunya agrees somewhat but mostly wishes Part 3, Chapter 2.

He strikes his stove out of anger at himself, hurting his hand. He dresses for Unlike the night before, Razumikhin refuses to speak badly of Luzhin. Part 3, Chapter 3. Raskolnikov repeats to his sister, with apologies, that he cannot support her marriage to Luzhin.

Part 3, Chapter 4. Part 4, Chapter 1. The latter asks whether Dunya is to marry Luzhin. Svidrigailov says he suspects Raskolnikov does not approve of the marriage, which is to be Raskolnikov to arrange a meeting with Dunya, whereby he can convince her not to marry Luzhin and instead to accept ten thousand of his roubles. Svidrigailov says he is already engaged Part 4, Chapter 2. Pulcheria is very pleased. Luzhin gets up to leave but is stayed by Dunya, who reminds him he has something Luzhin grows angry when Pulcheria tells him that they have moved to Petersburg and abandoned all Part 4, Chapter 3.

Luzhin is most shocked that Pulcheria, Dunya, and Raskolnikov do not view him as a benefactor Part 5, Chapter 1. Toggle navigation Menu. Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin. Dickens, Dostoevsky and Utilitarianism: a Comparison. First Love by Ivan Turgenev. Effects of Guilt in Crime and Punishment. Homeless Veterans.