Crime and Punishment Characters Flashcards
The protagonist
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov (Rodia)
Raskolnikov’s mother
Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov
Raskolnikov’s sister
Avdotia Romananovna Raskolnikov (Dunia)
Raskolnikov’s friend - a poor ex- college student
Dmitri Prokokich Razumikhin
the pawnbroker that Raskolnikov kills; often referred to as “the old woman”
Aliona Ivanovna
The half-sister of Aliona Ivanovna; a friend of Sonia
Lizaveta Ivanovna
A government official who is an alcoholic
Semion Zaharovich Marmeladov
the wife of Marmeladov; she is afflicted with consumption
Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov
Raskolnikov’s beloved; daughter of the Marmeladvos
Sofia Semionovna Marmeladov (Sonia)
the eldest daughter of Katerina Ivanovna from a previous marriage
Polenka Marmeladov (Polia)
The daughter of Katerina Ivanovna from a previous marriage
Lida Marmeladov
The landlady of the Marmeladovs. Her surname is German, but she refers to herself by the Russian- sounding Amalia Ivanovna; to irritate her Katerina Ivanovna calls her Amalia Ludwigovna, which calles attention to her German origin
Amalia Fiodorovna Lippewechsel
Dunia’s former employer
Arkady Ianovich Svidrigailov
the wife of Svidrigailov
Marfa Petrovna Svidrigailov
Dunia’s fiancé; a distant relative of Marfa Svidrigailov
Peter Petrovich Luzhin
Luzhin’s roommate
Andrei Semionovich Lebeziatnikov
Raskolnikov’s doctor; a friend of Dmitri Razumikhin
Zossimov
A servant in the house where Raskolnikov lives; she tends to him after the murders
Nastasia Petronovna
Raskolnikov’s landlady; Raskolnikov had been engaged to her daughter, who died
Praskovia Pavlovna Zarnitsyn
With Pestraikov, he discovers the murders
Koch
With Koch, he discovers the murders
Pestriakov
The official investigating the murders
Porfiry Petrovich
the cief of police
Nikodim Fomich
a painter accused of the murders
Nikolai Dementiev (Mikolka)
A merchant; Raskolnikov’s mother borrows money from him to send to her son
Afanasy Ivanovich Vakrushin
