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Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment continually provides insight into broad issues of pride, poverty and suffering through specific scenes that reflect the character’s values, the societal values and how their combination adds meaning to the ent ....

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... 308). Her motivation to plan and give the dinner was a way of dealing with her poverty level by proving to others she could entertain others, being from an “aristocratic” family. Katerina’s idea of a perfect dinner was spoiled when she saw the guest that actually arrived. No one had replied to the invitations—which reflects the bad manners of the people—but Katerina expected for “everyone” to be present. Only the poorest and most insignificant people came to the dinner, while the more respectable people stayed away. This reality embodies the way society treats impoverished people. It is confirmed further by the actions of Luhzin. ...