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   Porfiry Petrovich The magistrate in charge of investigating the murders. He is Raskolnikov’s primary antagonist, and, though he appears only occasionally in the novel, his presence is constantly felt.

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   Why does Petrovich lie?

   • Considering that the argument at hand was whether crime truly exists, Petrovich’s chaotic lying here actually appears to be a mission of restoring order to Razumikhin’s friends, who are largely young students.

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   Why did Petrovich refuse to arrest Raskolnikov?

   • Ostensibly the reason for Petrovich’s hesitation to arrest Raskolnikov is a lack of actual evidence. However, his desire for Raskolnikov to confess appears to stem more from a desire to rehabilitate him. Petrovich assures Raskolnikov that his confession would be a mitigating factor in his sentencing.

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   Why does Petrovich want Raskolnikov to confess?

   • However, his desire for Raskolnikov to confess appears to stem more from a desire to rehabilitate him. Petrovich assures Raskolnikov that his confession would be a mitigating factor in his sentencing. Though this promise feels like another of Petrovich’s mind games, in the epilogue we learn that he does indeed keep it.

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   Is Luzhin a foil to Dmitri prokofych Razumikhin Dunya?

   • He is a foil to… read analysis of Dmitri Prokofych Razumikhin Dunya’s suitor, Luzhin is a petty government official who believes that women make for better wives when they are monetarily indebted to their husbands. Luzhin is later chased away by Dunya, who is insulted by… read analysis of Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin

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   Porfiry Petrovich. Porfiry Petrovich, the eccentric magistrate investigating the pawnbroker’s murder, is large in stature and presence. He cultivates a kind of eccentricity almost as if to disguise his shrewdness.

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   Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Peter Petrovich Luzhin is the one indisputable villain in Crime and Punishment. Raskolnikov has murdered two women, but we can- not dismiss him as merely a murderer. Svidrigailov repels, bringing into the novel as he does unsounded depths of depravity and cynicism.

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   Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin Dunya’s suitor, Luzhin is a petty government official who believes that women make for better wives when they are monetarily indebted to their husbands. Luzhin is later chased away by Dunya, who is insulted by…

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   Peter Petrovich Luzhin is Dunya’s fiancé towards the beginning of the story. The engagement was arranged through Marfa Petrovna, probably in part as a way of keeping Svidrigaylov away from Dunya. But Luzhin was also successful and well-off, so the arrangement was intended to benefit Dunya, who initially thought it could work.