Ivanovna s flat He kills Alyona Ivanovna and Lizaveta Ivanovna with an axe The narrator says He killed them with an axe he brought with him But after the murder he does not find peace Instead he breaks down His weakness shows his weak mind His room in St Petersburg is small dark and suffocating like his mental state Dostoevsky uses his fever dreams and fainting to show his inner psychology Sonia s Faith and Psychology Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov Sonia is poor but full of faith Her love is psychological medicine for Raskolnikov When Raskolnikov confesses to her Sonia cries but forgives She stands as light in the darkness In the last part Dostoevsky writes He looked at Sonia and felt how great was her love for him This shows rebirth Sonia carries guilt for her life as a prostitute but she also carries spiritual hope Her psychology is sacrifice and love Raskolnikov slowly changes because Sonia gives him sympathy and faith Porfiry Petrovich and Psychological Interrogation Porfiry Petrovich the investigator does not rush with evidence He uses psychology He asks Raskolnikov again and again about his theory of extraordinary men These talks make Raskolnikov nervous He avoids becomes angry and shows signs of guilt Porfiry studies his face his words his fear Dostoevsky shows that true investigation is not only about facts It is about reading the human mind Svidrigailov s Psychology of Despair Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov is another psychological figure He is rich and immoral He follows Dunya Raskolnikov s sister But his soul is full of emptiness He says he sees no meaning in life Finally he shoots himself His suicide is not just an act but a window into the psychology of hopelessness He shows the dark side of desire guilt and despair in St Petersburg s streets Psychology of Redemption At the end Raskolnikov accepts his crime He confesses He goes to Siberia But his real punishment is inside Sonia follows him In prison he feels love for her Dostoevsky says he felt A sudden impotence and fear He fears telling Sonia about the murder This fear turns into repentance His psychology changes from pride to humility Redemption becomes a mental rebirth Crime and Punishment is a true psychological novel Dostoevsky not only tells us what happens outside but also shows us what happens inside Throughout the novel we see the human soul in struggle The St Petersburg setting the murders the confessions and the prison life all shine light on psychology That is why the novel remains a masterpiece of the mind