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{{Infobox book
| title = Crime and Punishment
| original title = Преступленіе и наказаніе
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| author = Fyodor Dostoevsky
| central theme = [[What You Are in the Dark]]
| elevator pitch = A moody student commits murder to prove himself an Ubermensch, and experiments such a guilt he discovers that he has a conscience after all.
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| publication date = 1867
| source page exists = yes
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{{quote|''"What can I tell you? I've known Rodion for a year and a half: sullen, gloomy, arrogant, proud; recently (and maybe much earlier) insecure and hypochondriac. Magnanimous and kind. Doesn't like voicing his feelings, and would rather do something cruel than speak his heart out in words. At times, however, he's not hypochondriac at all, but just inhumanly cold and callous, as if there really were two opposite characters in him, changing places with each other."''}}
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Raskolnikov specifically chooses to murder Alyona because she's a greedy, unscrupulous, and universally unloved moneylender and he thinks she won't be missed.
* [[Bad Dreams]]: Raskolnikov is haunted by nightmares ranging from unpleasant to genuinely disturbing. Not to mention the nightmares Svidrigailov has right before {{spoiler|he commits suicide.}}
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]:
* [[Break the Haughty]]:
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Porfiry Petrovitch, anyone?
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Subverted; Lebezyatnikov is introduced as one, but then he actually helps Sonya and Raskolnikov against Luzhin's plan.
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Porfiry pretends to be a buffoon, but he is actually so sharp he occasionally seems to have ESP powers.
* [[Once More with Endnotes]]
* [[The Perfect Crime]]: Oh, the irony... ▼
* [[The Power of Love]]: Nihilism and pride fuel most of the actions of the book. This is the only thing that stands in their way. {{spoiler|It's enough.}}▼
* [[Princess in Rags]]: Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Svidrigaylov commits suicide after rediscovering his inner moral compass and understanding that there is a higher purpose in life.}}
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* [[Starving Student]]: Raskolnikov was like this.
* [[The Stoic]]: Raskolnikov, most of the time.
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* [[Surprise Witness]]: Subverted.
* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: Raskolnikov.
▲* [[The Perfect Crime]]: Oh, the irony...
▲* [[The Power of Love]]: Nihilism and pride fuel most of the actions of the book. This is the only thing that stands in their way. {{spoiler|It's enough.}}
* [[Tsarist Russia]]: The story takes place during the reign of Tsar Alexander III. ▼
* [[Tear Jerker]]: Raskolnikov's dream about a poor old mare getting beaten to death. Which is also mad [[Squick|Squicky]].
* [[Thirty Pieces of Silver]]: The trope namer is echoed in the 30 roubles which the Sonia earns for selling ''herself'', to emphasize she is betraying her own dignity and future.
▲* [[Tsarist Russia]]: The story takes place during the reign of Tsar Alexander III.
* [[Ubermensch]]: An [[Unbuilt Trope]] at the time it was written. Raskolnikov's main purpose is to become a superior man beyond good and evil; the whole book could be considered a [[Take That]] ''ante litteram'' to Nietzsche's theories. Raskolnikov himself describes his inspiration, Napoleon Bonaparte, in Ubermenschian terms.
* [[The Unfettered]]: Raskolnikov, initially.
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Raskolnikov. Though it's debatable whether he murdered the pawnbroker to use the money altruistically or to help himself or whether he simply wanted to prove that he was an [[Ubermensch]] and could get away with it. Considering Raskolnikov and his situation, probably a combination.
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