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    After murdering the pawnbroker and her sister, Raskolnikov falls into a deep sleep and awakens terrified that he is going mad. He is summoned to the police station where he learns he is being sued for back rent by his landlady. While signing documents, he overhears the police discussing the murder and faints, worrying they suspect him. The chapter depicts Raskolnikov's mental state deteriorating as guilt and fear of punishment overwhelm him.

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    Summary and Analysis Part 2: Chapter 1

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    3/19/2016 Chapter1

    SummaryandAnalysisPart2:Chapter1

    Summary

    Afterthemurder,Raskolnikovcollapsesintoadeepsleep.Uponawakening,heisterrifiedhehas
    sleptforsolongthathefearsthatheisgoingmad.Herememberstheitemsthathehadstolenand
    hisfailuretohidethemortolockthedoorofhisflatthiswasmadness.Ashehidestheitems,he
    beginstowonderifhispunishmentisalreadybeginningandafterafewstirringsandattemptstohide
    hislootinaholeinhisroom,hesurrenderedhimselftomingledsleepanddelirium.

    AgainheawakenstoNastasya'spounding.TheporteriswithherandhehandsRaskolnikova
    summonstoreporttothepolice.Nastasyadoesnotwanthimtomovesincehehashadafever
    sincethedaybefore.Ashedresses,heisrepulsedbythethoughtofwearingthebloodysocks,but
    sincehehasnoothers,heisforcedtodoso.Onthewaytothepolicestation,hethinksthathe
    mightjustconfessitallandbedonewithit:"Ishallgoin,fallonmyknees,andtellthewholestory."

    Whenhereachesthepolicestation,heisalmostoverwhelmedbythe"sickeningsmelloffreshpaint.
    ..fromthenewlydecoratedrooms."Thesmallcrowdedrooms,thelackoffreshair,theconfusionas
    towhyheisthere,andtheintolerablewaitingmakehimfeverish.Finally,hediscoversthathis
    landladyissuinghimforbackrent.AsRaskolnikovistoldofhisoffense,hegoesintoarather
    lengthyexplanationofhisrelationshiptohislandladyandofhispreviousengagementtohis
    landlady'sdaughter.ThepoliceinstructhimtosignanI.O.U.andreleasehim.Ashesignsthepaper,
    heoverhearsthepolicediscussingthemurderofAlyonaIvanovnaandLizaveta,andhefaints.When
    herecovers,hehurrieshomethinkingthatthepolicesuspecthimofthemurder.
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    3/19/2016 Chapter1

    Analysis

    Inanovelwithsixpartsandanepilogue,onecaneasilyarguethatthefirstpartisaprologue
    becauseonlythatpartisdevotedtothecrimeandtheremainingpartsaredevotedtothe
    punishmentthatbeginsimmediatelywithhishatredofthebloodonhisclothesandespeciallyonhis
    socks,andthelossofhisabilitytoretaincompletecontroloverallofhisfaculties.

    Crimethereforeisademanding,troublesomematterthatbecomesacolossalnuisance.Andcrimeis
    accompaniedbyvarioustypesofillnesseswithRaskolnikov,itisexpressedinhistemperature,his
    inabilitytofunctionnormally,andhisdreadoftheverybloodthathehasjustshed.Whenitis
    necessarytoputonthebloodysocks,hisrepulsionindicateshisdreadoforlivingwithhismurder.
    Thisscenecontrastswellwiththelaterscenewhenheissplatteredwithbloodfromthedeathof
    Marmeladov.Inthislaterscene,hehadnoqualmsabouttouchingbloodperse.

    Whenhereceivesthepolicesummons,hismindisinsuchastateofagitationthatheforgetsthat
    Nastasyahadtoldhimearlierthathislandladywasgoingtohavehimsummoned.

    Asheapproachesthepolicestation,hethinksofconfessingforthethirdtime.Atthepolicestation,
    heneedstoconfesssomethingtherefore,hetellsofthemostintimateeventinhispastlife,thatis,
    theengagementtohislandlady'sdaughter.Heevenconfessesthatshewasnotattractive.Thisis
    thefourthtimeheconsidersconfession,andhisengagementtothelandlady'sdaughtershowshis
    empathywithsufferinghumanity.Shortlyafterthishisfifththoughtofconfessionfollowswhenhe
    thinksthatheshouldconfesseverything:"togetupatonce,togouptoNikodimFomitch,andtell
    himeverything."Thetensenessandfearofbeingsummonedtothepolicestationforthemurder
    promptthesethoughtsofconfession.

    Attheendofthechapter,Raskolnikov'sfaintingspellisaresultofthetensioncausedbythe
    summonstheoppressivesmellofthenewpaint,whichremindshimofthemurderscenethe
    crowdedconditionswithitslackoffreshairandfinallythediscussionofthemurderofAlyona
    Ivanovna.ThisfaintingspellwilllaterbecomeacauseofsuspicionandwillbeusedbyPorfiry.

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