Numerology in Crime and Punishment

[anne marie devlin]

Four flowers are often given at a funeral.  I'm not sure whether this applies only to the number four or to all even numbers
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> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:33:47 +0000
> From: wfr at SAS.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Numerology in Crime and Punishment
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> The Russian world is a big place - can you be more specific about who 
> believes this?
> Will
> 
> On 22/12/2010 19:56, Lewis B. Sckolnick wrote:
> > In the Russian world the number four is the number which represents 
> > death.
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> >> 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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