As the novel begins Raskolnikov shows the first signs of madness, contemplating murdering an elderly pawnbroker for the reason the he considers her to be a “louse”. He then brutally slaughters her and her sister, who happens to walk in and catch him in the act; takes some money and items from her dresser drawer but does not spend it. Instead he hides it under a rock and doesn’t return for the lute. After the murder Raskolnikov falls ill or at least he thinks he is ill, and becomes irritated by all human contact. His doctor, Dr. Zossimov, feels that Raskolnikov has some sort of monomania and the Dr. has “some suspicions of insanity.” Dr. Zossimov is not the only one to see Raskolnikov’s strange ways,

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