A minor character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. An old nobleman, dreams of marrying the sister of the protagonist of the novel -. He learns about the murder committed by Raskolnikov, but promises to remain silent about it. Dodgy type, depraved and cynical.
History of creation
The image of Svidrigailov was formed under the influence of diverse impressions. The psychological prototype of the character was probably a certain murderer Aristov, a nobleman by birth, who was imprisoned in the Omsk jail. This person has already been deduced in another work - “Notes from dead house". The surname "Svidrigailov" is consonant with the name of the Lithuanian prince Svidrigailo, as well as with the German word geil, which translates as "voluptuous", "lustful".
In addition, while working on the novel, Dostoevsky drew on numerous materials and notes from magazines and newspapers that he read. Among other things, the writer read the Iskra magazine. One of the issues for 1861 contains a feuilleton, which speaks of a certain Svidrigailov, a “repulsive” and “disgusting” person who rampages in the provinces.
"Crime and Punishment"
Arkady Svidrigailov is a tall, stout, round-shouldered gentleman in his fifties. He dresses smartly and gives the impression of a portly gentleman. He wears fresh gloves, an elegant cane and a huge ring with an expensive stone. Svidrigailov has a pleasant high cheekbones, a healthy complexion, not typical for a Petersburger, thick blond hair, in which gray hair barely breaks through, thick beard"shovel" and blue "thoughtful" eyes.
The character is "well preserved" and looks younger than his own years. At the same time, Svidrigailov's youthful face looks like a mask and, for unknown reasons, makes a "terribly unpleasant" impression, and his eyes seem heavy and motionless.
By origin, Svidrigailov is a nobleman, a retired officer - he served in the cavalry for two years. The hero was married, but Svidrigailov's wife died. After his wife, there were children who live with their aunts, and, according to Svidrigailov himself, they do not need a father. The hero's children are well provided for. Svidrigailov himself was also rich before, but after the death of his wife, the hero's fortune deteriorated. Svidrigailov used to live luxuriously and is still listed as wealthy man and dresses well, but what is left after his wife is hardly enough for the hero for a year.
Svidrigailov has an extravagant and unpredictable character. Other characters call Svidrigailov a voluptuous lecher, a scoundrel and a rude villain. The hero himself shares the opinion of others about himself as an idle person who died in vices, deprived of honor.
The hero also calls himself a boring and gloomy person, he admits that sometimes he sits in a corner for three days and does not talk to anyone, loves hot places and is mired in sins. Svidrigailov has no specialty or business to which the hero could devote himself; on this occasion, the hero calls himself an "empty man."
Raskolnikov also calls Svidrigailov "the most insignificant villain." Svidrigailov is in love with Raskolnikov's sister Dunya and wants to marry her. However, he himself is against this marriage and believes that Dunya should be protected from Svidrigailov. Svidrigailov is not interested in the opinions of others, however, when necessary, the hero knows how to give the impression of a decent and charming person from good company. The hero is cunning and knows how to seduce ladies, he is inclined to show off and spread his tail.
Svidrigailov has many acquaintances in high society, so he had useful contacts. The hero himself used to trade in fraud and was a cheater - a card player who deceives partners. The hero was in the company of the same card swindlers who acted in high society and at first glance looked like the most decent people with refined manners, businessmen and the creative elite.
Eight years before the events taking place in the novel, Svidrigailov ended up in a debtor's prison, from where he had no means to get out. The hero had a huge debt that he could not pay. Svidrigailov was saved by Marfa Petrovna, who was in love with him, who bought the hero out of prison for "thirty thousand pieces of silver." The hero married Marfa Petrovna, after which he immediately left for his wife's estate, in the village. The wife was five years older than Svidrigailov and loved her husband very much.
For the next seven years, before arriving in St. Petersburg, the hero did not leave the estate and used the state of his wife. Marfa Petrovna seemed too old to the hero and did not arouse his love interest, so Svidrigailov directly told his wife that he was not going to be faithful to her. The wife took this statement with tears, but as a result, the couple came to an agreement.
Illustration for the novel "Crime and Punishment" Svidrigailov promised that he would not leave his wife and would not divorce her, would not go anywhere without the permission of his wife, and would not start a permanent mistress. In exchange for this, Marfa Petrovna would “permit” Svidrigailov to seduce young peasant women on the estate.
Svidrigailov raped a deaf-mute underage girl who later hanged herself in the attic. The guilt of the hero became known from a certain denunciation. A criminal case was opened against the hero, and Svidrigailov was threatened with exile to Siberia, but Marfa Petrovna again helped her husband get out and tried to hush up this case. Thanks to the money and connections of his wife, Svidrigailov escaped justice. It is also known that the hero drove one of his servants to suicide by endless torture and bullying.
Petersburg in the novel "Crime and Punishment" Dunya, the sister of the protagonist of the novel, Rodion Raskolnikov, worked as a governess in the house of Marfa Petrovna when she was still alive. Svidrigailov fell in love with Dunya and planned to seduce the girl with money and run away with her to Petersburg. Svidrigailov tells Duna that, at her behest, he is ready to kill or poison his wife. Soon, Svidrigailov's wife really dies under strange circumstances, but Dunya refuses the hero.
The girl believes that Svidrigailov terribly beat and poisoned his wife, but it is not known whether this is true. Suspecting the hero of the murder, Dunya takes the revolver that previously belonged to Marfa Petrovna in order to be able to defend herself on occasion.
Another illegal act of Svidrigailov is blackmail. The hero overhears a conversation between Raskolnikov and Sonechka Marmeladova. From this conversation, Svidrigailov learns about the murder committed by Raskolnikov, and decides to use this information to blackmail Dunya and force her to marry him. However, Duna manages to get rid of Svidrigailov. Later, the hero offers Raskolnikov money so that he can flee from St. Petersburg abroad and hide from justice.
Deceased spouse begins to appear to Svidrigailov in hallucinations. The hero goes crazy and starts to do strange things, for example, he gives a prostitute three thousand rubles (big money in those days) so that the heroine can start new life. Soon after, Svidrigailov commits suicide - he shoots himself right on the street. This concludes the biography of the hero.
Svidrigailov in the novel appears as a double of Raskolnikov. The characters are related by the philosophy that they adhere to. Svidrigailov has a theory that is consonant with Raskolnikov's theory. Both heroes believe that evil committed in the name of a “good purpose” is not considered such an essential evil that the end justifies the means. Svidrigailov formulates his own life position permissiveness like this:
"A single villainy is permissible if the main goal is good."
The first meeting between Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov takes place as follows. The hero appears in Raskolnikov's closet when he is sleeping. Raskolnikov at this moment sees a terrible dream about his own crime and, half asleep, perceives Svidrigailov, who appeared in the room, as a continuation of the nightmare. A conversation takes place between the characters, during which Svidrigailov admits that at times he sees "ghosts" dead wife and Filka's servant, who killed himself through the fault of Svidrigailov.
We are also talking about Dunya, to whom Svidrigailov has tender feelings. The girl refused Svidrigailov himself, but she is going to marry a lawyer whom she does not love, but is ready to “sell out” in order to improve the financial affairs of the family. Svidrigailov wants to give Duna ten thousand rubles so that she can refuse a forced marriage and freely build own life.
Screen adaptations
In 1969, a two-part film "Crime and Punishment" directed by Lev Kulidzhanov was released at the film studio named after him. The role of Svidrigailov in this film was played by an actor.
In 2007, the series "Crime and Punishment", filmed by Dmitry Svetozarov, was released on television. The series was filmed in St. Petersburg, the role of Svidrigailov went to the actor.
In 1979, he played the role of Svidrigailov in a play staged by the Taganka Theater. It was the last theatrical role actor.
Quotes
The life principles of Svidrigailov are well described by the quote:
“Everyone thinks of himself and lives the most cheerfully, whoever is best able to deceive himself.”
“But why did you drive into virtue like that with all the drawbars?”
“Why leave women if I am at least a hunter for them? At least, an occupation ... Agree yourself, isn’t it an occupation of its kind?
“The fact that in his house he pursued a defenseless girl and“ insulted her with his vile proposals ”is it so? ... Here the whole question is: did I spit it out or was the victim myself? So what about the victim? After all, by offering my subject to flee with me to America or Switzerland, I, perhaps, had the most respectful feelings at this, and even thought of arranging mutual happiness!
Get to the core human soul regardless of who it belongs to, the righteous or the murderer - that's what happened main goal creativity of Mikhail Dostoevsky. Most of his heroes live in St. Petersburg in the 19th century. Nevertheless, the books of the great Russian classic are still interesting today. And not only in Russia, but also abroad. The image of Svidrigailov is one of the most interesting images Dostoevsky. Only at first glance it may seem that this character is unambiguous. He is opposed to the protagonist of the novel "Crime and Punishment", however, he has much in common with him.
The image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment"
So what do we know about this hero? Svidrigailov Arkady Ivanovich - an acquaintance of Dunya Raskolnikova. Moreover, he is her admirer, passionate, unstoppable. The image of Svidrigailov emerges even before his appearance. Raskolnikov will one day learn about him as a low man, ready for anything for the sake of gain and pleasure. Of great interest is mysterious story Arkady Ivanovich. He, like main character novel, once committed a murder. However, unlike Raskolnikov, he was not brought to trial.
Arkady Ivanovich is fifty years old. This is a man of medium height, burly, with steep and broad shoulders. An important part of Svidrigailov's image is smart, comfortable clothing. In his hands he always has an exquisite cane, with which he now and then taps. Svidrigailov's broad face is quite pleasant. A healthy complexion indicates that most he does not spend time in dusty St. Petersburg. Hair blond with grey.
What is the most important thing in the image of Svidrigailov, as, indeed, in any other? Of course, the eyes. At Arkady Ivanovich they are blue, they look coldly, intently, a little thoughtfully. Svidrigailov is a nobleman, a retired officer. He is a desperate man, as one of the characters said, "zabubenny behavior." Briefly, the image of Svidrigailov can be described as follows: a villain, a voluptuary, a scoundrel.
History of Arkady Ivanovich
The characterization of Svidrigailov is very unattractive. Nevertheless, in the scene in which his death is depicted, he is able to arouse pity in the reader. The image of Svidrigailov in Dostoevsky's novel is considered to be the most striking negative. Still, this is a rather controversial character. Yes, he is a scoundrel, a libertine, an adventurer, a petty tyrant. But he is an unfortunate man.
One day he says to Raskolnikov: “My children need me. But what kind of father am I? He seems to be trying to denigrate himself, trying to seem more unpleasant and disgusting than he is. Perhaps the whole point is that Svidrigailov once committed a murder. He did not confess, did not repent. He believes in his impunity. Svidrigailov is cruelly mistaken. There is no crime without punishment.
Once Svidrigailov was a card sharper. He went to jail for debt. From there he was bought out by Marfa Petrovna - a middle-aged woman, but very rich. After his release, Arkady Ivanovich married her. True, a few months after the wedding, he declared that he could not be faithful to her.
Marfa Petrovna forgave her husband's infidelities. Moreover, once she did everything in order to hide the dirty story that led to the death of a fifteen-year-old girl. But then Svidrigailov had every chance to take a walk in Siberia. If not for his wife, who, by the way, later died under very strange circumstances. Dunya Raskolnikova believes that Arkady Ivanovich poisoned her.
Let's consider in more detail character traits Svidrigailov. What kind of story happened to him a few years before meeting Raskolnikov? What does this villain have in common with the main character?
madness
Svidrigailov is a rather eccentric person. He is not at all interested in the opinions of others. As already mentioned, he is called "a man of tame behavior." He says strange things, takes his interlocutor by surprise with his shameless speeches. Perhaps he is really indifferent to public opinion. But another option can be assumed: Svidrigailov enjoys surprising, shocking others.
perversity
This is the most depraved hero in the novel "Crime and Punishment". Once he was cheating on his wife with peasant women with might and main. Later, having met Dunya, he was inflamed with passion for her. This killed the pervert. The girl will never reciprocate him. She despises him, and one day she almost kills him. Arkady Ivanovich is used to getting his way. When he realizes that he will never achieve goals in the person of Dunya Raskolnikova, he commits suicide.
Adventurism
Svidrigailov is an empty man. He is accustomed to idleness, lives in a big way. Svidrigailov's marriage itself is nothing but a gamble. He connected his life with a woman whom he did not love. Perhaps Svidrigailov is not at all capable of a deep feeling. He lives for the momentary pleasure for which he is ready to pay someone else's life. The time has come to tell the story, after which the reputation of a scoundrel has forever been fixed for Arkady Ivanovich.
Cruelty
Marfa Petrovna concluded a strange contract with her husband. Its essence was as follows: he would never leave her, he would never have a permanent mistress, while he would satisfy his lust with hay girls. One of the peasant women - a girl of 14-15 years old - was once found strangled in the attic. It turned out that Svidrigailov's cruel insult prompted her to commit suicide. This man had another death on his conscience. To suicide, he brought Philip - a peasant who could not stand the constant persecution.
Svidrigailov and Luzhin
The images of these characters are opposed to the main character. They are considered to be the twins of Raskolnikov. However, Luzhin, unlike Svidrigailov, and even more so the student who killed the old woman, is a rather simple character.
Luzhin evokes nothing but rejection. This is a well-groomed middle-aged gentleman, in whose expensive smart clothes there is something unnatural, fake. Unlike Svidrigailov, he got out of the bottom. Luzhin was not accustomed to idleness. He serves in two places, cherishes every minute. Finally, the main thing that distinguishes him from Arkady Ivanovich is rationality, prudence. This man will never lose his head because of passion. He wants to marry Dunya not because he loves her. Raskolnikov's sister is poor, which means she will be an obedient wife. She is well educated, which means she will help him take a higher place in society.
One field of berries
Svidrigailov learns about Raskolnikov's crime by eavesdropping on his conversation with Sonya. He, of course, will not publicize the secret of Rodion Romanovich. However, she excites, excites him. “We are of the same field with you,” he once says to Raskolnikov. But suddenly he notices incomprehensible tragic throwing in the student. A person with such a fine organization has nothing to commit a crime - so Svidrigailov believes, contemptuously calling Rodion's suffering "Schillerism".
Arkady Ivanovich suffered pangs of conscience only in last days his life. And they were too weak to lead to repentance. He, unlike Raskolnikov, could not admit his guilt.
Svidrigailov characterization and image in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment
1. The versatility of the heroes of the novel "Crime and Punishment".
2. Svidrigailov. Characteristics and image of the hero
2.1. Immoral villain
2.2. Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov
2.3. Love for Dunya
3. The end of Svidrigailov
In his difficult novel Crime and Punishment, F. M. Dostoevsky depicted several living and vivid images which still impress readers with their eccentricity and complexity.
First of all, this, of course, is the main character himself, a hardworking, sympathetic young man who decided to cross the line of what is permitted. This is Sonya Marmeladova - a destitute, deprived of childhood, impoverished and self-selling girl, capable of strong feelings and sincere devotion. This is Sonya's father, and Luzhin, and, of course, Svidrigailov.
Arkady Ivanovich appears before readers handsome man fifty years old, well-dressed, youthful. He is a nobleman and a former officer, was married to a rich woman. It would seem that life smiles at this hero, he is full of strength and conceit, because the circumstances surrounding him are developing successfully. But not everything is so simple. Svidrigailov is an immoral and vicious person who has no conscience and moral principles. Because of such dirty beliefs, he breaks the life of himself and others, becomes unhappy himself and makes those around him unhappy.
At a young age, he quits the service, because it is difficult for him to obey the army routine, live on friendly terms with his comrades and observe the norms of decency. Having no regular income and spending all your savings on wild image life and play, Svidrigailov becomes a beggar. He is imprisoned for cheating and debts. At this time, he is assisted by a rich woman. Marfa Petrovna pays a lot of money to free a man, marries him and leaves with him for the village.
Another person, imbued with gratitude for this loving noblewoman, would respect and appreciate her. But Arkady Ivanovich was not like that. He humiliates his wife and shamelessly cheats on her. “I had such a pig in my soul and a kind of honesty to declare to her directly that I can’t be completely faithful to her,” declares this vicious person, and still boasts of his immorality. But his adventures in the village do not end there.
With unprecedented sophistication and cruelty, Svidrigailov mocks the peasant, and thereby drives him to suicide. And his immoral relationship with a fifteen-year-old girl causes disapproval and condemnation in the reader. The unfortunate girl kills herself, but this has no effect on the villain. He, without feeling remorse, continues to enjoy life and depravity.
Committing crimes and excesses, Arkady Ivanovich does not suffer, like Raskolnikov, who is tormented whether he has the right to take a person's life. Svidrigailov commits his atrocities without hesitation, and it's scary. For him there is no crime or offense, for him there is only the need to satisfy his desires and lusts, regardless of how it affects others. And although he tells the main character that they are both “of the same field”, this is not so.
Svidrigailov does not doubt his evil deeds, he does not waver between good and evil. He has long been on the side of evil and does not feel the slightest sign of remorse. In contrast to Raskolnikov, Arkady Ivanovich does not withdraw into himself after the crime. He continues to live and strives to get everything from life. The relationship between Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov's sister Dunya is amazing and extraordinary. The girl comes to serve in the family of Arkady Ivanovich, where he notices her and is imbued with love for her. Most likely, the man conquered spiritual beauty and the purity of the young maid. She behaves meekly and humbly, with zeal performs homework She is kind and accommodating. But this flexibility has another side.
Dunya is an honest, chaste girl, she preserves her purity and innocence. No threats and intimidation, no gifts and no flattery can shake her determination to resist the hated master. Svidrigailov cannot come to terms with this. He thinks that his wife is interfering with the girl. Therefore, a man commits a terrible act - he becomes the culprit in the death of his wife, the mother of his children, who all the time saved him and saved him from the consequences of his dirty deeds. After that, Arkady Ivanovich goes to Dunya to force her to give herself to him.
He blackmails the girl with the secret of her brother and indulges in other terrible tricks to seduce the unfortunate. But Dunya, driven to despair, understands that she can become a puppet in the hands of a cruel, unprincipled person, whom she abhors and despises, and decides to kill. The first shot missed the villain, and the second time the girl could not shoot and threw back the revolver. Svidrigailov, who was not frightened by either the assassination or the real threat, was broken by Dunya's despair and grief, her extinguished gaze and dull indifference. He realized that he was disgusted by his beloved, that she would never and never love him sincerely and voluntarily. “You don't love it. And you can't? Never? Never!" - this quiet short conversation decides further fate heroes. Arkady Ivanovich, who truly loves this steadfast, pure young woman, lets her go and decides to commit suicide.
His existence is meaningless, without a beloved who could become his joy and salvation, he sees no reason in his existence. Svidrigailov commits suicide, but, oddly enough for villain, V last hours of his being he accomplishes noble deeds who save the lives of others. The man leaves money to his bride, who is young and innocent, and Sonechka, thanks to which she can change her profession and follow Raskolnikov into exile to take care of his mental well-being. Arkady Ivanovich also arranges the lives of the Marmeladov children. If not for his good deeds, who knows how the life of the main characters would have ended. And so we have the hope that by his suicide Svidrigailov saved Sonya and Rodion, that they will live happily ever after.
The image of Svidrigailov in Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment"
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" has a psychological focus. Therefore, the author's attention is directed primarily not to the external actions of the characters, but to their inner thoughts and experiences.
One of the brightest images is the image of Svidrigailov. His full name- Svidrigailov Arkady Ivanovich. He is a wealthy, well-connected noble who is used to getting things done. Him and Luzhin what unites them is that both of them are the moral twins of the main character Raskolnikov. Svidrigailov puts Raskolnikov's theory into practice. He gets what he wants, by any means. As a result, he became a morally devastated person who is experiencing spiritual degradation.
Svidrigailov in the novel is already about 50 years old, but he looks younger than his years. Arkady Ivanovich was of medium height, broad-shouldered, dressed smartly. In the face of this gentleman, he still retained freshness and good looks. His hair and beard were still thick. A special feature is sharp blue eyes that looked at people coldly and with a degree of disdain. Raskolnikov in Svidrigailov's pretty face he notices something frightening. Thus, the author hints that the protagonist sees his terrifying image in the eyes of another hero.
They talked about Arkady Ivanovich various rumors. It was rumored that he was involved in the poisoning of his wife and the suicide of a servant. He himself did not deny his tough temper. Svidrigailov did not try to build exculpatory theories, like Luzhin or Raskolnikov. He resigned himself to being an idle and depraved man.
Svidrigailov is a projection onto the image of Raskolnikov. If the main character could realize his theory, he would become Svidrigailov. Arkady Ivanovich has long crossed the moral boundaries of good and evil and is not tormented by questions of conscience, unlike a poor student. There are no restrictions for this master, everything he wants, he achieves.
However, in the novel there is still a person who will make the hero doubt the chosen path. This Dunya, sister of Rodion Raskolnikov. The girl is beautiful, and Arkady Ivanovich lusts for her, wants to win her favor at any cost. But Dunya, though poor, is smart and proud. She quickly understands what drives Arkady Ivanovich. Her resistance, moral purity overturn something in the soul of this cold and cynical person. Svidrigailov falls in love with Dunya and tries to win her love. With the help of blackmail, he lures the girl into the bedroom, but his animal plans are not given to come true. Dunya was able to stand up for her honor and awakened in Arkady Ivanovich forgotten feelings- nobility and courage.
The image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" is not unambiguous, in his soul there is no clear boundary between good and evil. He is immoral, but he also does good deeds.
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The image and characteristics of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment": description of appearance and character
Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov is a friend and admirer of Dunya Raskolnikova, (the sister of the protagonist, Rodion Raskolnikov).
The age of Mr. Svidrigailov is about 50 years old:
". It was a man in his fifties. " The following is known about Svidrigailov's appearance:
". above average height, portly, with broad and steep shoulders, which gave him a somewhat stooped appearance. He was smartly and comfortably dressed and looked like a portly gentleman. In his hands was a beautiful cane, with which he tapped, with every step, on the sidewalk, and his hands were in fresh gloves. His broad, cheeky face was rather pleasant, and his complexion was fresh, not Petersburg. His hair, which was still very thick, was quite blond and a little grey, and his broad, thick beard, descending like a shovel, was even lighter than his head hair. His eyes were blue and looked coldly intently and thoughtfully; scarlet lips. In general, he was a well-preserved man and seemed much younger than his years. " ". leaned on a cane with both hands. As far as it was possible to see through blinking eyelashes, this man was no longer young, dense and with a thick, light, almost white beard ... " ". It was a kind of strange face, resembling, as it were, a mask: white, ruddy, with ruddy, crimson lips, with a light blond beard, and rather thick blond hair. The eyes were somehow too blue, and their gaze was somehow too heavy and motionless. There was something terribly unpleasant in this beautiful and extremely youthful, judging by his years, face. Svidrigailov's clothes were dapper, summery, light, and he especially flaunted underwear. On the finger was a huge ring with an expensive stone. Svidrigailov is a retired officer, a nobleman by birth:
“Who am I? You know: a nobleman, served two years in the cavalry. " Svidrigailov is a widower, husband of the late Marfa Petrovna:
". May be. seeing himself already in years and the father of a family. " Svidrigailov has children, but he considers himself a bad father. According to him, children do not need it:
". My children stayed with my aunt; they are rich, and I personally do not need them. And what a father I am!” Svidrigailov is a wealthy man (until his wife's death):
". It is, of course, dressed decently and I am not a poor person. " “I took for myself only what Marfa Petrovna gave me a year ago. I've had enough. " ". I'm not rich though. " ". Marfa Petrovna. and if and left him something. which is not enough for a person with his habits for a year. " Mr. Svidrigailov is a madman:
". You've been too strict with this madman. " ". this madcap had long since developed a passion for Dunya. " Svidrigailov is a man of "zabubenny behavior", that is, desperate, capable of anything:
". a man of behavior zatubenny. " Svidrigailov is a rude villain, a voluptuary and a scoundrel:
". from this rude villain, from this voluptuous lecher and scoundrel. " "It's definitely you ... a scoundrel!" ". In a word, this monstrous difference in age and development in you excites voluptuousness! And are you really getting married like that?”
Mr. Svidrigailov is a depraved, vicious, idle person:
". Indeed, I am a depraved and idle person. " “This is the most depraved and perished in the vices of a person, of all such people. " Svidrigailov is a terrible, dishonorable person:
". No, no, this is a terrible person! I can't imagine anything worse. " ". Even though I know you're a man... without honor. " Svidrigailov is a gloomy, boring person, according to him own opinion:
". And I'm a gloomy, boring person. Do you think hilarious? No, gloomy: I do no harm, and I sit in a corner; sometimes they don't talk for three days. " Svidrigailov is a sinful, low man who loves "places with dirty things":
". I am a sinful person. Hehehehe. " ". I love cesspools with dirt. " Svidrigailov is a nasty and empty person who does not really do anything:
". and in such a bad and empty man, like me. "(Svidrigailov about himself) ". at least there was something; well, to be a landowner, well, a father, well, a lancer, a photographer, a journalist ... n-nothing, no specialty! Sometimes even boring. " Svidrigailov is the emptiest, most insignificant villain in the world, according to Raskolnikov:
". In Svidrigailov, he was convinced that he was the most empty and insignificant villain in the world. Svidrigailov is not interested in the opinions of others:
". Well, I'm not particularly interested in anyone's opinion. and therefore why not be a vulgar one. " Svidrigailov is a very strange person:
“He is very strange and decided on something ... He seems to know something ... Dunya must be protected from him ...” When he wants, Mr. Svidrigailov knows how to seem like a decent person and behave charmingly:
". Arkady Ivanovich, when he wanted to, was a man with very charming manners. " ". It even seems to me that you are a very good company, or at least you know how to be a decent person on occasion. " Mr. Svidrigailov is a cunning man:
". he is a cunning and seductive man about ladies. "
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- Svidrigailov Arkady Ivanovich
("Crime and Punishment")
landowner; husband of Marfa Petrovna Svidrigailova. In the novel, his portrait is given twice. In the beginning: “He was a man of about fifty, above average height, portly, with broad and steep shoulders, which gave him a somewhat stooped appearance. He was smartly and comfortably dressed and looked like a portly gentleman. In his hands was a beautiful cane, with which he tapped, with every step, on the sidewalk, and his hands were in fresh gloves. His broad, cheeky face was rather pleasant, and his complexion was fresh, not Petersburg. His hair, which was still very thick, was quite blond and a little grey, and his broad, thick beard, descending like a shovel, was even lighter than his head hair. His eyes were blue and looked coldly intently and thoughtfully; scarlet lips. In general, he was a well-preserved man and seemed much younger than his years ... "At the end of the novel (in the 6th part), the portrait is repeated, psychologically specified, concretized:" It was some kind of strange face, like a mask: white, ruddy , with ruddy, scarlet lips, with a light blond beard and rather thick blond hair. The eyes were somehow too blue, and their gaze was somehow too heavy and motionless. There was something terribly unpleasant in this handsome and extremely youthful, judging by his age, face. Svidrigailov's clothes were dapper, summery, light, and he especially flaunted underwear. On the finger was a huge ring with an expensive stone ... "
For the first time, Svidrigailov is mentioned in a detailed letter from Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikova to her son Rodion Raskolnikov with a bitter story about the misadventures of his sister Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova, who served as a governess in the house of Svidrigailov and his wife Marfa Petrovna. The voluptuous Svidrigailov pursued Dunya and, having received a refusal, slandered her, so she had to leave her place. True, later Svidrigailov admitted to slander, but following the mother and daughter Raskolnikov, who moved to St. Petersburg, he appears in the capital (after the death of his wife, whom he apparently poisoned) and begins to literally pursue Avdotya Romanovna. Accidentally being a neighbor of Sonya Marmeladova, Svidrigailov overheard Rodion Raskolnikov's confession in the murder of an old money-lender and is trying to blackmail his sister. Before that, in a conversation with Raskolnikov, his “double” (this is precisely the psychological role Svidrigailov plays in relation to the murderer student in the novel) frankly admits and talks about his past deeds: he was a cheater, was in a debtor’s prison, married Marfa Petrovna because of money, raped a girl who then committed suicide, drove the lackey Philip to suicide ... According to Svidrigailov, eternity is “like a village bathhouse, smoky, and spiders in all corners.”
This character is the first real, unconditional and, so to speak, logical suicide in the world of Dostoevsky: he thought about suicide, prepared it, substantiated it and committed it. Svidrigailov himself knows that he is dead - and not only in vices, but also in literally words dead person. Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikova is his last and only hope to stay in this world, to stay, to continue to live. Alas, on her part, he cannot wait not only for tolerance and compassion (which Apollinaria Suslova sometimes bestowed, to some extent - the prototype of Dunya, Dostoevsky): Dunya despises him and even hates him - for her he is definitely disgusting. And Svidrigailov cannot even dissolve, drown his despair in wine, because, although in his youth he paid an abundant tribute to Bacchus, now he does not even like champagne and cannot stand it (as, by the way, Dostoevsky himself). His love for Dunya is also not just the attraction of an elderly fading man to a young beautiful girl, but also his passionate desire to finally become at least someone. He confesses to Raskolnikov: “Do you believe, at least there was something; well, to be a landowner, well, a father, well, a lancer, a photographer, a journalist ... n-nothing, no specialty! Sometimes it’s even boring ... "But, oddly enough, this man is afraid of death (". I'm afraid of death and don't like it when they talk about it," he admits to Raskolnikov) He is so mystically afraid of death that he came up with a kind of euphemism for his impending suicide - voyage to America. He talks about this "voyage" in conversations with Raskolnikov, with Sonya Marmeladova. By the way, in the mystical fear of death, the novel counterparts - Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov - are absolutely similar. It is said about Raskolnikov: “In the consciousness of death and in the feeling of the presence of death, there was always something heavy and mystically terrible for him, from childhood. »
But it is known that many suicides before their fatal step were afraid of death, denied it and even condemned those who committed suicide. This process - from the denial of death to the execution of the "auto-sentence" - is described in detail, with all the psychological details, by Dostoevsky using the example of Svidrigailov. He foresaw his tragic end, but until the last moment he tried to avoid it, or at least postpone it. There were two options for this: to marry, as he planned, a 15-year-old innocent girl, or to achieve reciprocity with Dunya Raskolnikova. The bride girl really exists - Svidrigailov goes to her house with gifts, willingly tells Raskolnikov about her. Matchmaking for a young bride, apparently, was not a very serious matter for him - out of inertia, out of an inveterate habit of voluptuousness and a penchant for pedophilia, but this man put Avdotya Romanovna seriously. His tormenting passion for Raskolnikov's sister lasted more than one day and reached a boiling point. Even when Dunya lived and was on his estate, he was ready to kill his wife at her first word (which, however, he did later without any permission), and now he decided to put his own life at stake: he withstands several minutes - Dunya even slightly wounded him.
Before a decisive, last meeting-conversation with Avdotya Romanovna, Svidrigailov does incredible things for him: he pays for the funeral of Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova, allocates capital for the placement of her orphans, offers Raskolnikov 10 thousand rubles for Dunya in order to save her from a forced marriage with Luzhin, and the entire Raskolnikov family from poverty. However, there is nothing strange about this. Svidrigailov is well aware that, as he is, he causes Dunya only disgust and disgust. He makes cardinal, in his opinion, attempts at a single moment, as it were, to be reborn, to become better. To appear before the beloved woman as a sort of noble and beneficent knight. He, moreover, has another strong and, as, again, it seems to him, a noble trump card in reserve - he could, but did not betray his brother Dunya to the police. Speaking about ten thousand for his sister in a conversation with Raskolnikov, Svidrigailov assures: “. I offer without any calculations. Believe it or not, and later you and Avdotya Romanovna will find out. "But, of course, at that moment, not only his interlocutor, but Arkady Ivanovich himself did not believe that" without any calculations ": the calculation, albeit naive, was just - to surprise, amaze Dunya, melt the ice in her heart. But now, we must pay tribute to him, after the disaster, after a fatal meeting with Dunya for himself, Svidrigailov continues to do good deeds completely disinterestedly: he gives 3 thousand rubles to Sonya (so that there is something to go to Siberia after Raskolnikov and what to live there) , leaves as much as 15 thousand to his young failed bride (although, of course, it would be better to distribute the amounts the other way around!). But according to the warehouse of his nature and according to an atheistic worldview, before his voluntary departure from life, he should have reached the limit of cynicism at all, it was quite some kind of ugly trick to do, to appease - for example, rape Dunya or betray her brother, so that to send him, if not “to America” after him, then at least to hard labor ... This is how Dostoevsky himself later discussed this in a letter to his reader and admirer N.L. Ozmidov (February 1878): “Now imagine that there is no God and the immortality of the soul (the immortality of the soul and God are all the same, the same idea). Tell me, why should I then live well, do good, if I die on earth completely? Without immortality, after all, the whole point is just to reach my term, and at least everything burn there. And if so, then why should I (if I only rely on my dexterity and intelligence so as not to fall for the law) and not to kill another, not to rob, not to rob, or why should I, if not to cut, then directly not live at the expense of others, into one's womb? After all, I will die, and everything will die, nothing will happen. »
It turns out that Arkady Ivanovich, in the most hidden deep twists of his shabby soul, nevertheless timidly hoped for immortality, not only in the form of a smoky jar with spiders, for the existence of God, he strove, wished before a meeting with Him, as before a meeting with Dunya, to balance the poods of his crimes, cynical deeds and sins as spools of dying blessings.
Having released Dunya in peace, Svidrigailov accidentally drew attention to the revolver she had thrown away, picked it up: there were still two charges and one primer. By the way, this revolver once belonged to Svidrigailov himself, and now, by chance, he found his owner, saving for him the only and last shot. However, this, the last, primer could also misfire - and then what would Arkady Ivanovich do at the last moment? One can guess about this: already having a revolver in his pocket, a few hours before his suicide, Svidrigailov crosses the bridge at midnight and “with some special curiosity and even with a question looked at the black water of the Malaya Neva. » It is likely that if the primer did not work, he would simply drown himself. This gentleman would hardly have agreed to a rope, not wanting to stoop to the level of his lackey Philip. And one more very curious touch: before a meeting with Dunya, Svidrigailov drinks a glass of champagne through “I can’t” for courage, but before leaving for America, he drinks and treats everyone he meets and crosses all evening, wandering around the taverns, but he himself does not drink a single sip - he no longer needs courage to commit self-execution. In the last hours of his life, Svidrigailov does everything to ensure that this life, the surrounding earthly reality, is fed up with him to the extreme limit, as if he is trying to suppress and drown out the rudiments of dying fear with an unbearable disgust for being. The rain is lashing, the wind is howling, and he, soaked to the skin, wanders late into the dark streets, through stinking dirty taverns, communicates with drunken rabble, then rents a “room” in a filthy hotel on the outskirts of the city, as if he wants, intends to visualize the afterlife invented a miserable eternity to them: “He lit a candle and examined the room in more detail. It was a cell so small that it was not even close to Svidrigailov's height, with one window; the bed was very dirty, a simple painted table and chair occupied almost the entire space. The walls looked like they were knocked together from boards with scuffed wallpaper, so dusty and tattered that their color (yellow) could still be guessed, but no pattern could be recognized. One part of the wall and ceiling was cut off at an angle. » Well, why not an analogue of a bathhouse with spiders? Only here and while Svidrigailov is being overwhelmed and tormented not by spiders, but by flies and mice - in nightmares and in reality. Nightmares almost drive Arkady Ivanovich crazy, and he knew in advance, foresaw that he would be choked by nightmares, however, in an effort to gain-accumulate a more malicious disgust for life, he plunges into nightmarish semi-forgetfulness again and again: he sees something in a coffin suicidal girl, ruined by him, then tries to save a five-year-old baby from the cold, but she suddenly begins to seduce him. Striking here is the subconscious reaction of an inveterate cynic and debauchee - even he was horrified: “How! five year old! - Svidrigailov whispered in real horror, - this is. what is it. »
And - the very last acts-acts of Arkady Ivanovich before leaving for last way, in the "voyage": he checks the primer in a revolver, writes a traditional, completely stupid note, saying that he does not blame anyone for his death and. catches a fly. He tries long and hard to catch the fly. "Finally catching myself on this an interesting activity, woke up, shuddered, got up and resolutely walked out of the room. This is Dostoevsky! Later, in Possessed, he recreates-uses once again a similar psychological detail, develops it to a truly philosophical level in the scene of Matryosha's suicide, when Stavrogin, being behind the wall, and knowing-guessing what is happening in the closet - at first also stubbornly catches a fly, and then begins to closely examine "a tiny red spider on a leaf of geranium."
In the description of the last minutes of Svidrigailov's life, there is another extremely curious detail, as if connecting him with the hero of the story by V. Hugo "The Last Day of the Condemned to Death" with Rodion Raskolnikov and, Furthermore, with Dostoevsky himself. The French criminal, who is being taken to his execution, in the last moments of the journey, runs his eyes over the signs on the benches; Raskolnikov, going to the station with a confession (also, in essence, to the execution, at least - of his fate), "eagerly looked around to the right and left", reading the signs and even noting errors in them ("Tavarishchestvo"); and Prince Myshkin in The Idiot, talking about the feelings and thoughts of a man (Dostoevsky himself), who is being taken to the scaffold, depicts how he looks for the familiar sign of a baker with his eyes. Apparently, this detail has sunk into the memory of the Petrashevsky writer! So Svidrigailov, on the way to the place of self-execution, with his eyes every now and then “stumbled upon shop and vegetable signs and carefully read each one. »
At the last decisive moment, Svidrigailov behaved in cold blood, he was in full control of his nerves and feelings. He even somehow derisively brought his euphemism joke about the voyage to its logical end, announcing to a random witness - a fireman on guard (Achilles) - that he was going to America and let him explain it to the police later: he went, they say, to America. And pulled the trigger. Misfire did not occur.
The surname Svidrigailov reflects the contradictory, dodgy essence of this hero. Dostoevsky, being interested in the history of his kind (having Lithuanian roots), probably drew attention to the etymological composition of the surname of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Shvitrigailo (Svidrigailo): gail ( German geil) - lustful, voluptuous. In addition, in one of the feuilletons of the Iskra magazine (1861, No. 26), which was part of Dostoevsky’s reading circle, there was talk of a certain Svidrigailov who was rampaging in the province - a “repulsive” and “disgusting” personality.
In the image of Svidrigailov, to some extent, the psychological appearance of one of the inhabitants of the Omsk prison, the murderer from the nobles of Aristov, is captured (in "Notes from the House of the Dead" he is displayed as A-v).
The image and characteristics of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky
Of the many secondary characters, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailova is the most striking and important for characterizing the main character Raskolnikov. The image and characteristics of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" are written out by Dostoevsky quite clearly, vividly, in the most detail. This character so clearly emphasizes many aspects of the character of the protagonist that it is very important to understand the very essence of the unsympathetic Arkady Ivanovich.
Dostoevsky F. M., like an artist, painted a portrait of Arkady Ivanovich with clear, bright, juicy strokes with a wide brush. And although Svidrigailov is not the main character, it is difficult to forget him and impossible to pass by.
- This is how the portrait of Svidrigailov was painted. The author drew it in great detail, emphasizing the importance this character for the fate of the rest of the characters in the novel. The portrait is very interesting: at first the reader sees a very pleasant person, even a handsome one. And suddenly, at the end of the description, it is said about the eyes: a fixed, cold look, albeit thoughtful. famous expression“The eyes are the mirror of the soul,” the author emphasized literally in a nutshell, which reveal the very essence of the character. Even a very attractive outwardly person may turn out to be completely different from what he sees at first. Here is the first hint of true essence Svidrigailov, which the author reveals through the opinion of Raskolnikov, who noticed that the face of Arkady Ivanovich is more like a mask that hides all the ins and outs, that, despite the attractiveness, there is something very unpleasant in Svidrigailov.
Character, its formation
Svidrigailov is a nobleman, which means that he received a decent education. He served in the cavalry for about two years, then, as he himself said, "wandered around", already living in St. Petersburg. There he became a cheater, ended up in prison, from where Marfa Petrovna saved him. It turns out that the whole biography of Arkady Ivanovich is his path of moral and ethical downfall. Svidrigailov is cynical, a lover of debauchery, which he himself even admits with some pride. He lacks a sense of gratitude: even to his wife, who saved him from prison, he declares bluntly that he is not going to be faithful to her and change his lifestyle for her sake.
All of it life path marked by crimes: because of him, his servant Philip and the daughter of the servant, a girl dishonored by Svidrigailov, committed suicide. It is most likely that Marfa Petrovna was poisoned because of her libertine husband. Arkady Ivanovich lies, slandering Dunya, Raskolnikov's sister, slanders her, and also tries to dishonor the girl. With all his dissolute and dishonorable life, Svidrigailov is gradually killing his soul. And it would be fine if he destroyed everything good in himself, Arkady Ivanovich kills everything around him, everything he touches.
Character personality traits
Svidrigailov is depicted as a perfect villain who has fallen into the abyss of evil, having apparently lost all the pitiful remnants of conscience. He absolutely does not have any doubts, doing evil, does not think about the consequences, even enjoys the torment of the people around him. A lustful debaucher, a sadist, he tries to satisfy all his base instincts, while not feeling the slightest remorse for his deed. He thinks it will always be like this.
Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov
Having met with the main character, Arkady Ivanovich once remarks to him that both of them are "of the same field." Raskolnikov, on the other hand, Svidrigailov is extremely unpleasant. Rodion even feels some confusion, feeling the power of Arkady Ivanovich over himself, who understood a lot about the student. Raskolnikov is frightened by the mysteriousness of Svidrigailov.
However, despite the fact that Rodion killed the old pawnbroker, they are not at all alike. Yes, Rodion put forward a theory about superhumans, even killed a man, testing his theory. But in Svidrigailov, as in a distorted mirror, he saw himself in the future, if he continued to live according to the principles of his idea. And this revealed humanity in Rodion, prompted repentance and understanding of the full depth of his fall.
End of Arkady Ivanovich
Dostoevsky except possession writing skills was endowed with the talent of a psychologist. Here, too, describing the life path of Svidrigailov, an inveterate villain, stops him with love, paradoxically as it may seem. Arkady Ivanovich, having met Dunya, first tries to seduce her. When he fails, he denigrates the girl in the eyes of others. In the end, with surprise, he realizes that he truly loved her. And this understanding of true love opens in his soul all the floodgates that until now neither conscience, nor repentance, nor understanding of the atrocities committed by him have let out.
He releases Dunya, remarking with desperate bitterness:
Svidrigailov suddenly realizes that he is absolutely alone in his fall, that he is not worthy of anyone's love. Enlightenment comes too late for him. Yes, he is trying to atone, to somehow make amends for all the evil that he has done so far. Arkady Ivanovich gives money to Duna and Sonya, donates a large sum the Marmeladov family ... But he cannot achieve deep, sincere repentance.
But the pangs of conscience evoked in him memories of the atrocities committed. And these memories turned out to be an unbearable burden for conscience. Svidrigailov committed suicide.
And in this he turned out to be weaker than Raskolnikov, who was not afraid, but confessed and repented, not being afraid to live on.
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Of the many secondary characters, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailova is the most striking and important for characterizing the main character Raskolnikov. The image and characteristics of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" are written out by Dostoevsky quite clearly, vividly, in the most detail. This character so clearly emphasizes many aspects of the character of the protagonist that it is very important to understand the very essence of the unsympathetic Arkady Ivanovich.
Dostoevsky F. M., like an artist, painted a portrait of Arkady Ivanovich with clear, bright, juicy strokes with a wide brush. And although Svidrigailov is not the main character, it is difficult to forget him and impossible to pass by.
Appearance
“... About fifty years old, taller than average, burly, with broad and steep shoulders, which gave him a somewhat stooped appearance ... His broad, cheeky face was rather pleasant, and his complexion was fresh, not Petersburg. His hair, which was still very thick, was quite blond and a little grey, and his broad, thick beard, descending like a shovel, was even lighter than his head hair. His eyes were blue and looked coldly, intently and thoughtfully; red lips"
This is how the portrait of Svidrigailov was painted. The author drew him in great detail, emphasizing the importance of this character for the fate of the rest of the characters in the novel. The portrait is very interesting: at first the reader sees a very pleasant person, even a handsome one. And suddenly, at the end of the description, it is said about the eyes: a fixed, cold look, albeit thoughtful. The well-known expression “eyes are the mirror of the soul”, the author emphasized literally in a nutshell, which reveal the very essence of the character. Even a very attractive outwardly person may turn out to be completely different from what he sees at first. Here is the first hint at the true essence of Svidrigailov, which the author reveals through the opinion of Raskolnikov, who noticed that the face of Arkady Ivanovich is more like a mask that hides all the ins and outs, that, despite the attractiveness, there is something very unpleasant in Svidrigailov.
Character, its formation
Svidrigailov is a nobleman, which means that he received a decent education. He served in the cavalry for about two years, then, as he himself said, "wandered around", already living in St. Petersburg. There he became a cheater, ended up in prison, from where Marfa Petrovna saved him. It turns out that the whole biography of Arkady Ivanovich is his path of moral and ethical downfall. Svidrigailov is cynical, a lover of debauchery, which he himself even admits with some pride. He lacks a sense of gratitude: even to his wife, who saved him from prison, he declares bluntly that he is not going to be faithful to her and change his lifestyle for her sake.His entire life path was marked by crimes: because of him, his servant Philip and the daughter of the servant, a girl dishonored by Svidrigailov, committed suicide. It is most likely that Marfa Petrovna was poisoned because of her libertine husband. Arkady Ivanovich lies, slandering Dunya, Raskolnikov's sister, slanders her, and also tries to dishonor the girl. With all his dissolute and dishonorable life, Svidrigailov is gradually killing his soul. And it would be fine if he destroyed everything good in himself, Arkady Ivanovich kills everything around him, everything he touches.
Character personality traits
Svidrigailov is depicted as a perfect villain who has fallen into the abyss of evil, having apparently lost all the pitiful remnants of conscience. He absolutely does not have any doubts, doing evil, does not think about the consequences, even enjoys the torment of the people around him. A lustful debaucher, a sadist, he tries to satisfy all his base instincts, while not feeling the slightest remorse for his deed. He thinks it will always be like this.Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov
Having met with the main character, Arkady Ivanovich once remarks to him that both of them are "of the same field." Raskolnikov, on the other hand, Svidrigailov is extremely unpleasant. Rodion even feels some confusion, feeling the power of Arkady Ivanovich over himself, who understood a lot about the student. Raskolnikov is frightened by the mysteriousness of Svidrigailov.However, despite the fact that Rodion killed the old pawnbroker, they are not at all alike. Yes, Rodion put forward a theory about superhumans, even killed a man, testing his theory. But in Svidrigailov, as in a distorted mirror, he saw himself in the future, if he continued to live according to the principles of his idea. And this revealed humanity in Rodion, prompted repentance and understanding of the full depth of his fall.
End of Arkady Ivanovich
Dostoevsky, in addition to his writing skills, was endowed with the talent of a psychologist. Here, too, describing the life path of Svidrigailov, an inveterate villain, stops him with love, paradoxically as it may seem. Arkady Ivanovich, having met Dunya, first tries to seduce her. When he fails, he denigrates the girl in the eyes of others. In the end, with surprise, he realizes that he truly loved her. And this understanding of true love opens in his soul all the floodgates that until now neither conscience, nor repentance, nor understanding of the atrocities committed by him have let out.He releases Dunya, remarking with desperate bitterness:
“So you don’t love? And you can't? Never?".
Svidrigailov suddenly realizes that he is absolutely alone in his fall, that he is not worthy of anyone's love. Enlightenment comes too late for him. Yes, he is trying to atone, to somehow make amends for all the evil that he has done so far. Arkady Ivanovich gives money to Duna and Sonya, donates a large amount to the Marmeladov family ... But he cannot achieve deep, sincere repentance.
But the pangs of conscience evoked in him memories of the atrocities committed. And these memories turned out to be an unbearable burden for conscience. Svidrigailov committed suicide.
And in this he turned out to be weaker than Raskolnikov, who was not afraid, but confessed and repented, not being afraid to live on.
In his famous philosophical and psychological work Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky created a whole galaxy of vivid and ambiguous images that still amaze readers today with their complexity, brightness and eccentricity.
One of these characters in the novel is the rare scoundrel and scoundrel Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov. His image was created by the author in order to draw a parallel between him and the main character Rodion Raskolnikov, because they are in similar life situations: both of them committed a crime, had a "mysterious relationship" with an old pawnbroker. And although Svidrigailov calls them “berries of the same field” with Rodion, this is not entirely true, because he has long been on the side of evil and has no doubts about the correctness of his choice.
Characteristics of the main character
Arkady Ivanovich is a rather attractive and youthful fifty-year-old man noble origin. He is well dressed and makes a favorable impression on those around him, although Raskolnikov subtly notices that his face with cold and thoughtful blue eyes and with thin scarlet lips it looks like a mask (and rather unpleasant), behind which its owner successfully hides his vile essence.
Svidrigailov is a former officer who left his service a long time ago and indulged in the idle life of a cheater in the capital until he fell into a debt hole. From there, a rich woman Marfa Petrovna rescues him, she pays all his debts, takes him to her village, where she becomes his wife. However, he does not feel a drop of love and gratitude for her, and continues to lead an immoral lifestyle there. The vicious and immoral Svidrigailov causes the suicide of a poor peasant girl of fifteen, whom he seduces and abandons. With particular sophistication and cruelty, he also drives the poor servant Philip to suicide. Moreover, having become the cause of the death of two people, Svidrigailov has absolutely no remorse, does not repent and calmly continues to lead his depraved life.
(Svidrigailov shamelessly flirting with Dunya)
Unlike Raskolnikov, who also committed a crime, and now suffered and tormented himself with the question of whether he had the right to do so or not, Svidrigailov is absolutely calm and confident in his actions. He does everything to satisfy his base desires, and he absolutely does not care whether other people suffer from this or not. His soul is no longer at the crossroads of good and evil, he is consciously on the side of evil and does not repent of any of his crimes, because he does not even consider them to be such. He lives, striving to further satisfy his lust, and the evil in him continues to grow and expand.
(Dunya shoots Svidrigailov, in the role of Victoria Fedorov, film by L. Kulidzhanova "Crime and Punishment", USSR 1969)
Having met Raskolnikov's sister Dunya in his house, who appeared there as a servant, the libertine Svidrigailov falls in love with her and begins to harass her. A pure and chaste girl angrily rejects his courtship, and he, in order to achieve what he wants, brings his wife to a terrible sin - suicide. Trying to persuade the girl to get in touch with him, Svidrigailov resorts to various tricks, blackmailing her with revealing the secret of her murderer brother, but Dunya, driven to despair, shoots him with a revolver to stop this cruel and unscrupulous man. Only then does he understand how disgusting she is, and having truly fallen in love with this brave and pure girl, he lets her go.
The image of the hero in the work
(Svidrigailov to Raskolnikov:)
The image of Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov, a man without conscience and honor, was specially created by Dostoevsky as a warning to the main character, Raskolnikov, who he can become if he drowns out the voice of conscience and can live on without fully atoning for the crime he committed.
Svidrigailov worries and torments Rodion with his mysteriousness and power over him, with the words that they are "of the same field." Actually this scary man is the embodiment of his dark half, that part of Raskolnikov's soul, with which he is constantly trying to fight, because it can lead him to a complete moral fall and switch to the side of evil.
(Petrenko Alexei Vasilyevich as Svidrigailov, Lensoviet Theatre, St. Petersburg)
Broken by the act of his beloved woman, Svidrigailov realizes how empty and meaningless his life is. His conscience begins to torment him, and in the last hours of his life he tries to somehow make amends with God and people: he transfers money to Duna, helps Sonya Marmeladova and her family. Belated remorse overtakes him and he, unable to bear this burden, commits suicide. He turned out to be too weak and cowardly, and could not, like Raskolnikov, repent and suffer a well-deserved punishment.
