Crime and Punishment Characters

Raskolnikov

murderer, ex-student, brilliant but mentally collapsing

Dunya

strong sister, almost marries Luzhin for family’s sake

Pulcheria

emotional, devoted mother

Razumikhin

loyal friend, caring, reasonable, opposite of Raskolnikov

Zosimov

doctor treating Raskolnikov’s delirium

Nastasya

maid who takes care of Raskolnikov

Praskovya Pavolvna 

landlady

Alyona Ivanovna

pawnbroker, first murder victim

Lizaveta

gentle sister; innocent victim

Porfiry Petrovich

clever detective who senses Raskolnikov’s guilt

Zametov

police cerk; Raskolnikov nearly confesses to him 

Ilya Petrovick

angry policemen “Gunpowder”

Nikodim Fomich

calm police official

Nikolai

painter who falsely confesses

Marmeladov

drunken clerk, tragic death by carriage

Katerina Ivanovna

Marmeladov’s frantic, proud wife

Sonya

humble, religious daughter, forced into prostitution

Luzhin

Dunya’s fiance, controlling lawyer

Svidrigailov

Dunya’s manipulative former employer, creepy and mysterious that liked Dunya

Marfa Petrovna

Svidrigailov’s wife

Polenka

eldest Marmaledov daughter

Koch

knocks on the door day of murder