Numerology in Crime and Punishment

[June Farris]

Please see:

Matual, David: The Number 'Four' in Dostoevsky's "Prestuplenie i nakazanie". In: Russian Language Journal 33 (1979): 54-62.

Best,
June Farris

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-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Cory Davis
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:07 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Numerology in Crime and Punishment

I am currently teaching Crime and Punishment to a group of Advanced 
Placement high school seniors.  We are trying to figure out the significance of 
numbers in the book, especially the number four which he uses constantly.  
The scene in the police station shortly after the murder is inundated with the 
number four and most people live on the fourth floor.  Razuhmikhin, however, 
lives on the fifth floor.  Don't want to make too much out of it, but when 
someone of Dostoevsky's caliber emphazises a number there is most likely 
something behind it.

Thanks for any input!

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