Numerology in Crime and Punishment

[Margarita Orlova]

Four/ six/ any even number of flowers are brought in a bouquet for a funeral
ceremony. The flower do not represent death.
However, it can be considered a bad sign if you bring even number of flowers
as a present.

Margarita


On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Stephanie Briggs <sdsures at gmail.com> wrote:

> As in "I'm sorry the person died." or "I hope he'll be dead really soon."?
> ;-) Presumably four flowers aren't brought in a bouquet to help cheer up a
> hospitalized patient...I would hope.
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> On 22 December 2010 23:00, 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
> > >
> > > 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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> > > >> 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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