Numerology in Crime and Punishment

[Margarita Orlova]

I cannot believe it. What a nonsense!

Four can mean grading  anything above average.

Margarita


On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM, anne marie devlin <
anne_mariedevlin at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> AM
>
> > Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:33:47 +0000
> > From: wfr at SAS.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Numerology in Crime and Punishment
> > To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
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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.
> > >
> > > Lewis B. Sckolnick
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> > > Telephone 1. 413. 367. 0303
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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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