Meaning & use
Raskolnikov
The impoverished former student and protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, who murders a pawnbroker.
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Raskolnikov is tormented by guilt long before the police ever suspect him.
Literature students often debate whether Raskolnikov ever truly repents for his crime.
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The name is sometimes used allusively to describe someone wracked by guilt after committing a serious wrong.
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