The truth is Sonya Marmeladova. The story of life, the fate and mercy of the heroine of the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Sonya Marmeladova

Raskolnikov Rodion Romanovich - poor and humiliated student, the main character of the novel "Crime and Punishment." The author of the work is Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich. For the psychological counterbalance of the theory of Rodion Romanovich, the image of Sonya Marmeladova was created by the writer. Both characters are at a young age. Raskolnikov and Sonya Marmeladova, faced with a difficult life situation, do not know what to do next.

The image of Raskolnikov

At the beginning of the narrative the reader observes Raskolnikov's inadequate behavior. The hero is always nervous, his inner state is a constant alarm, and the behavior seems suspicious. In the course of events, one can understand that Rodion is a man who is obsessed with his idea. All his thoughts - that people are divided into two types. The first type is a "higher" society, and here he also includes his personality. And the second type is "trembling creatures". For the first time this theory he prints in a newspaper article, which is called "On Crime." From the article it becomes clear that the "higher" have the right not to pay attention to moral laws and to destroy "the creatures of trembling" to achieve their personal goals. According to Raskolnikov, these poor people need biblical commandments and morals. New legislators who will manage the gray mass can be considered "higher", Bonaparte is an example for such legislators. But Raskolnikov on the way to the "highest" does acts of a completely different level, without even noticing it.

The life story of Sonya Marmeladova

The reader learns about the heroine from the story of her father, who was addressed to Rodion Romanovich. Mameladov Semen Zakharovich - an alcoholic, lives with his wife (Katerina Ivanovna), has three small children. My wife and children are starving, my father is drinking. Sonia is Marmeladova's daughter from his first wife, renting an apartment "on a yellow ticket." Semyon Zakharovich tells Raskolnikov that her daughter went to such a life because of her stepmother, who reproached her for "drinking, eating and using heat," that is, a parasite. This is how the Marmeladov family live. The truth of Sonya Marmeladova is that she herself is an unrequited girl, does not hold evil, "jumps out of her skin" to help her stepmother and hungry half-brothers and sisters, not to mention her father, who is ill with alcoholism. Semyon Zakharovich shares his memories of how he found and lost his job, how he drank a uniform that his daughter bought with his money earned, and how he had enough conscience to ask his daughter for money "for a hangover." Sonya gave him the last, never reproaching it.

The tragedy of the heroine

The fate of Sonya Marmeladova is similar in many ways to that of Rodion. They play the same role in society. Rodion Romanovich lives in an attic in a miserable little room. As the author sees this room: a small cell, about 6 steps in length, has a pale appearance. A tall person feels uncomfortable in such a room. Raskolnikov is so poor that it is no longer possible, but to the astonishment of the reader he feels well, his spirit has not fallen. The same poverty forced Sonya to go out into the street in order to earn money. The girl is unhappy. Her fate is cruel to her. But the morale of the heroine is not broken. On the contrary, in seemingly inhuman conditions Sonia Marmeladova finds the only worthy person to get out. She chooses the path of religion and self-sacrifice. The author shows us the heroine as a person who is able to imbue with another's pain and suffering, being at the same time unhappy. A girl can not only understand another, but also direct her to the right path, forgive, accept someone else's suffering. So, we see how the heroine shows pity for Katerina Ivanovna, calls her "fair, child," unhappy. Sonia saves her children, then she pities her dying father. This, like other scenes, inspire both sympathy and respect for the girl. And it is not at all surprising that Rodion will share his anguish with Sofia.

Raskolnikov and Sonia Marmeladova

Rodion decided to tell his secret precisely to Sophia, but not to Porfiry Petrovich. She, in his opinion, was, like no other, capable of judging him on conscience. However, her opinion will differ significantly from the court of Porphyry. Raskolnikov, despite his atrocity, craved for human understanding, love, sensitivity. He wanted to see that "higher light", which is capable of leading him out of the darkness, to support. Raskolnikov's hopes for understanding from Sophia were justified. Rodion Romanovich can not make contact with people. He begins to feel that everyone is mocking him and know that it was he who did it. The truth of Sonya Marmeladova is directly opposite to his vision. The girl stands for humanity, humanity, forgiveness. Upon learning of his crime, she does not reject it, but on the contrary, embraces, kisses and says in a faint that "there is no one in the world that is ruthless now."

Real life

Despite all this, periodically Rodion Romanovich returns to earth and notices everything that happens in the real world. One of these days he witnesses how a drunken official Semyon Marmeladov knocks down a horse. During his last words the author for the first time describes Sofya Semyonovna. Sonya was small, she was about eighteen. The girl was slim, but pretty, blond, with attractive blue eyes. Sonia arrives at the scene of the accident. The father died on her lap. She sends her younger sister to find out where Raskolnikov lives, to return the money that he gave to his father's funeral. After a while, Sophia goes to Rodion Romanovich to be invited to a wake. So she shows him her gratitude.

Father's father's commemoration

At the event, a scandal arises due to the fact that Sonya is accused of theft. Everything was resolved peacefully, but Katerina Ivanovna and her children were evicted from the apartment. Now everyone is doomed to death. Raskolnikov tries to find out from Sophia, if her will, she could have killed Luzhin, a man who unjustly slandered her, saying that she was a thief. To this question Sophia gave a philosophical answer. Rodion Romanovich finds in Soma something native, probably, that both of them rejected. He tries to see understanding in it, because his theory is wrong. Now Rodion is ready to self-destruct, and Sonya - "daughter, that the stepmother is evil and consumptive, betrayed her children to strangers and minors." Sofya Semyonovna relies on her moral landmark, which for her is important and clear is wisdom, which is described in the Bible as purgatory suffering. Raskolnikov, of course, shared with Marmeladov a story about his deed, listening to him, she did not turn away from him. Here, Sonya Marmeladova's truth is in showing a feeling of pity, sympathy for Rodion. The heroine urged him to go and repent of what he did, relying on the parable that she studied in the Bible about the resurrection of Lazarus. Sonia agrees to share with Rodion Romanovich heavy everyday life of hard labor. So not only is Sonya Marmeladova's charity manifested. She does this for the sake of purification, because she believes she violates the biblical commandments.

What unites Sophia with Rodion

How can you characterize Marmeladova and Raskolnikov at the same time? For example, convicts who serve time in one cell with Rodion Romanovich adore Sonya, who regularly visits him, but they treat him with contempt. Raskolnikov want to kill and constantly make fun of him, that it is not the tsar's business to "take an ax in your bosom." Sofya Semyonovna has her own ideas about people since her childhood and adheres to them throughout her life. She never looks down on people, has respect for them and regrets.

Conclusion

I would like to draw a conclusion on the basis of the mutual relations of the main characters in the novel. What was the meaning of Sonya Marmeladova's truth? If in the way of Rodion Romanovich Sofya Semenovna did not appear with her vital values and ideals, then his life would end very soon in the agonizing torments of self-destruction. That is the truth of Sonya Marmeladova. Due to this tie in the middle of the novel, the author has the opportunity to logically complete the images of the main characters. Two different views and two analyzes of the same situation make the novel convincing. True Sonja Marmeladova opposed to the theory of Rodion and his worldview. A well-known Russian writer was able to breathe life into the main characters and safely solve all the worst that happened in their lives. This completeness of the novel puts "Crime and Punishment" next to the greatest works that are on the list of world literature. Every schoolboy, every student should read this novel.