Comparion Between: A Doll's House And Crime And Punishment

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finishes talking to Luzhin she leaves. Sonia has no idea that
Luzhin has put money into her pocket. Raskolnikov's friend, Andrei
Semyonovitch Lebezyatnikov, was present when all of that takes place. "All
of this was observed by Andrei Semyonovich." (Dostoyevsky 460) Luzhin goes
to a reception for Sonia's father, Semyon Zakharovitch Marmeladov, and
announces that Sonia is a thief. Sonia immediately denies the accusation.
Luzhin tells her to look in her pocket. Sure enough the money that he was
missing was there. Luzhin wants Sonia to marry him but she does not love
him. Luzhin plans to blackmail Sonia into marrying him. Lebezyatnikov steps
in to save the day when he says, "I saw it. I saw it.... And even though
it's against

my convictions, I would be prepared to swear to it
on oath in any court of law you'd care to name,
because I saw how you slipped it into her pocket
on the sly!" (Dostoyevsky 465)

A Doll's House also contains many examples of dramatic irony. In A ...

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the murderer!" (Dostoyevsky 413) The
reader did not expect Nikolai to confess to the two murders because the
reader knows that Raskolnikov is the one who murdered the two sisters.
Porfiry did not expect Nikolai to confess either. He was positive that
Raskolnikov had murdered the pawnbroker and her sister.

It is also ironic when Raskolnikov goes to the police station and says,
"What if it were I who murdered Lizaveta and the old woman?" (Dostoyevsky
211) Zamyotov just sits back and smiles. Raskolnikov then says, "Admit that
you believed me! You did didn't you?" (Dostoyevsky 211) "Of course I
didn't! And now I believe you even less!" (Dostoyevsky 211) The reader
expects Zamyotov ...

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