Parable of the Resurrection of Lazarus- a very significant story in our time, as it testifies to the Great Glory of God. And after reading this story, please answer the question for yourself: "How can I reflect the qualities of Christ by my actions"? Let's think back to the time when Jesus Christ lived and preached. Jesus had a friend whom he loved very much, his name was Lazarus. Once Lazar fell ill and his sisters - Mary and Martha sent a messenger to him with this news. But Jesus was far from Bethany, the city where this family lived. The sisters of Lazarus hoped that upon receiving this news, Jesus would heal their brother from a distance, as he had done before.
When the sad news reaches Jesus, he did not rush to help Lazarus. Why? Really best friend will he leave in trouble?
But if he falls asleep, he will recover, the disciples tell him. Then Jesus told them that Lazarus had died.
Prior to this, Jesus brought people back to life, but they were dead for several hours. And the body righteous Lazarus had been in the crypt for several days. When the disciples approached Bethany with Jesus, Martha ran to meet him and said: “Lord, if you were here, my brother would not die,” and in response she heard the words: “Your brother will rise again.” The people were very sad about the death of Lazarus and wept, Jesus grieved inwardly, and there were tears in his eyes. Then the Jews said, Look how HE loved him.
Jesus, along with everyone, comes to the memorial crypt. This is a cave, the entrance of which is closed with a stone. Jesus tells the stone to be removed. Martha does not understand what Jesus is going to do, she objects: “Lord! It already stinks, for four days he has been in the grave. But he replies, "If you believe, you will see the glory of God."
People took away the stone from the cave, and Jesus begins to pray: “Father! I thank You that You heard Me; I knew that You would always hear Me; but I said this for the people standing here, that they might believe that you sent me.” Having said this, HE called out with a loud voice: “Lazarus, come out!” And the dead man came out, entwined hand and foot with burial linens, and his face was tied with a handkerchief. Resurrected Lazarus continued his life thanks to the Power of God given to Jesus.
So why didn't Jesus rush to Lazarus even though he received the sad news? Here lies great meaning God's glory. Four days have passed since the death of Lazarus, and it is not easy for a person to believe that he can come to life. Jesus Just Picked the Right Time to Show Glory and Power God's people that the dead are alive again. Nothing is impossible for God! Many people then believed in Christ and became his disciples.
This bible story tells us that we, too, can choose the right time to help a friend in need and show our love and devotion. And maybe you will bring back to life one of your dear people who fell into difficult situation. And what is worth just talking and understanding a person. Just reach out your hand, as the Lord loves and hurries to help us always, just believe and you will succeed! You can read this story at
The Bible in general and the New Testament in particular occupy a very special place in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. This work is rightfully considered a masterpiece even among the five great novels of this writer. It is, as it were, a kind of epicenter of his work, it contains the seeds of all those ideas that will be developed in more detail in his other works.
In the center of "Crime and Punishment" is placed an episode of reading the XI chapter of the Gospel of John about the resurrection of Lazarus. This scene forms the rest of the fabric of the novel around it.
Raskolnikov has committed a crime, he must "believe" and repent. This will be his spiritual cleansing. The hero turns to the Gospel and, according to Dostoevsky, must find answers there to questions that torment him, must gradually be reborn, move into a new reality for him. Dostoevsky promotes the idea that a person who has committed a sin is able to spiritually resurrect if he believes in Christ and accepts his moral commandments.
The image of Raskolnikov's resurrection is really connected with the gospel story about the resurrection of Lazarus by Christ, which Sonya reads to Raskolnikov. While reading, Sonia herself mentally compares him with the Jews who were present at the unheard-of miracle of the resurrection of the already stinking Lazarus and who believed in Christ. And at the end of the novel, when Sonya from afar accompanies Raskolnikov, who set off on his way of the cross, to voluntarily confess to the crime he committed and suffer the appropriate punishment, main character is clearly compared with Christ, whom the myrrh-bearing women followed from afar on His Way of the Cross.
That is, it turns out that Raskolnikov of the novel embodies three characters at once: Lazar himself, and the doubting Jews, and even Christ.
Crime and punishment are just a few gospel story. The novel ends at the moment when “the dead man came out” and Jesus said: “Untie him; Let him go". The last words read by Sonya to Raskolnikov are no longer about the novel plot, but about the impact that they should have on readers. No wonder these words are highlighted in Dostoevsky's italics: Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him.».
For Dostoevsky, the use of biblical myths and images is not an end in itself. They served as illustrations for his reflections on tragic destinies world, Russia and human soul as part of world civilization. The key to the revival of all this Dostoevsky considered the appeal to the idea of Christ.
The parable of the Resurrection of Lazarus is a story about a great miracle, about great faith into God and true love.
It is no coincidence that the scene from the Gospel is included in the novel almost entirely; this shows the author's emphasis on this topic. Thanks to this scene, we can feel the deep religious meaning of the novel, its essence.
In this episode, many details matter.
Raskolnikov comes to the house in the ditch, this is the place where Sonya lived. Its location in space denotes its proximity to the fall into the "ditch". It's like she's on the edge. It is also important that her room was "the only one given away from the Kapernaumovs." These people were very kind and gentle. They lived as a big friendly family. Sonya's room resembled a "barn". In all this we can see a piece of the biblical story. She, like Jesus, was in the barn for some time. But even more interesting is the name of the owners of this room. Capernaum is mentioned in the New Testament as hometown Apostles Peter, Andrew, John and James. Jesus Christ preached in the synagogue of Capernaum and performed many miracles in this city. It turns out that the author wants to show us that Sonechka Marmeladova's room "from the residents" is a kind of place where miracles happen. And this miracle can happen to Raskolnikov, and it will gradually happen after reading Lazarus.
Raskolnikov and Sonya Marmeladova are both sinners. She is a harlot, he is a murderer, but Sonechka is also a murderer, because she ‘killed herself’, putting on herself the stigma of a “yellow ticket”. They both have rooms "with low ceilings" - "from the tenants." Perhaps this oppressive atmosphere is one of the factors in the unfortunate fate of both heroes. But Sonya always knew that there is a god, and that he will protect her, and even if not her, then her loved ones. "no no! God will protect her, God!” Sonya talked about Polechka when Raskolnikov told her the most tragic scenarios. He himself left the right path, his godless mind, obsessed with a terrible idea to kill, led him away from the path of repentance and faith, for he became a great sinner. After all, as it shows own theory he had no right to do so. Sonechka, although she was a sinner, but walking with God in her soul, she was aware of her sins. In her position, many would most likely commit suicide, and Sonya also thought about this, but love for her neighbors did not allow her to do this. And Rodion, without faith in God, is not capable of such “Yes, maybe there is no God at all,” Raskolnikov answered with some kind of gloating, laughed and looked at her. Raskolnikov carries sin and pride. Moreover, the hero is sinful not only by his perfect deeds, but also by his thoughts.
Raskolnikov lives by reason, protests, does not accept life, and Sonya is the complete opposite of him, she lives, because the main thing in life for her is love and faith in God. Sonya is a kindred spirit for Raskolnikov and he is trying to provoke a protest in her soul, talking about her unhappy future and finding support for his crime under the motto “One life and a thousand lives in return!”. But Sonya does not rebel, she humbles herself and believes in God. Raskolnikov felt her power! Her strength was faith, and he wanted to believe too. Shame and meanness in Sonya are combined with opposite holy feelings, she turns out to be spiritually higher, stronger than Raskolnikov. Sonya believes with her heart in the existence of a higher divine meaning life.
“There was a book on the chest of drawers. Every time he walked back and forth, he noticed her. It was the New Testament in Russian translation.” Having come to Sonya, it was not for nothing that Raskolnikov noticed the New Testament several times, by this he laid the path of becoming on the true path. Raskolnikov turns to the Gospel and, according to the author, it is there that he should find answers to questions that torment him. He must be on the path to recovery. Dostoevsky suggests that a person who has committed a sin is capable of spiritual resurrection if he believes in Christ and begins to live according to his commandments.
The fact that the book was brought by Lizaveta, who was killed by him, who, according to Sonya, “will see God,” shows the connection of this book with Raskolnikov. Toward the end of the book there will be an episode that confirms the mysterious connection between Raskolnikov and Lizaveta. (When Raskolnikov goes to hard labor, that is, he accepts suffering, Sonechka will give him a cypress cross, which used to belong to Lizaveta, who was killed by him) Lizaveta seems to help him atone for sins.
He asks to find about Lazarus. Why specifically about Lazarus? And why does he ask to read exactly Sonya? And he does not ask, but practically demands! The fact is that he was tired of living with a grave sin in his soul, he was able to 'cross over', but his nature, which had absorbed the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill! to overcome the feeling of criminality of the deed, to live in peace. Therefore, Raskolnikov is tormented, longing for mercy and mutual understanding through the Gospel and the parable of the resurrection brings him back to life. Sonya asks Raskolnikov ‘Why do you need? You don’t believe, do you?…’. To which he replies ‘Read! I so WANT!’. Raskolnikov in the depths of his soul remembered the resurrection of Lazarus and hoped for a miracle of the resurrection of himself. This is more desirable than Raskolnikov - an attempt to accept something divine, perhaps he wanted to free himself from sin and embark on the path of correction. Sonya began to read ‘just to him, so that he hears’! The author between the lines of reading ‘Lazarus’ describes Sonya, her emotional condition and it is worth paying attention to. She begins to read with an effort, her voice breaks, stretched string' but she continues. Raskolnikov understands that she does not dare to read to him, but at the same time she wants to read to him. She instinctively understood the importance of this reading for Raskolnikov and, despite her doubts, was glad to read this chapter to him. Eternal book. She wants to put him on the right path, she wants to help him resurrect. And after the words of the text ‘But even now I know that what you ask God, God will give you’ Sonya stopped, ‘shamefully foreseeing that her voice would tremble and break again’. What is causing this shame? Perhaps Sonya is simply shy of Raskolnikov, such an atheist. Before reading the True Proof of Faith episode, “Jesus says to her, Your brother will rise again. Martha said to him, I know that he will rise on the resurrection, on the last day. Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live. And whoever lives and believes in me will never die. ” Her voice became more confident, strength appeared in it! Sonechka, anticipating a great miracle, grew stronger internally, “her voice became a bell like metal.” When she read it, it was clearly visible how much it meant to her, the most intimate trembled in her soul, embracing with new and new impulses "she was already trembling all over in reality, in real fever." Joy strengthened her, joy for the existence of God and the true miracles of those who believed. She read it not in the first and not in the second, she "knew by heart". She knew by heart, because she believed, and trembled before the Lord God, “And what is God doing to you for this? Raskolnikov asked. Does everything! Sonya whispered quickly, looking down again. She read for Raskolnikov in order to show him the true miracles of believers, to make a revolution in his soul. Sonya's religiosity "infects" him: "Here you will become a holy fool yourself! contagious!
When reading last verse she conveys "doubt, reproach and blasphemy to unbelievers", meaning Raskolnikov by them. And he, too, will hear and believe, Sonya dreamed, and she “trembled with joyful expectation,” as if anticipating victory over unbelief. "For four days he was in the tomb." Sonya emphasized word four in order to let Rodion understand that not everything is lost, that there are still chances for a resurrection. No wonder Sonya reads this parable in the fourth chapter of the fourth part of the novel. Moreover, Sonya reads Lazarus to Raskolnikov on the fourth day after the crime, which also has its own symbolism. It is the period of four days that becomes such a period when everything is not lost yet and you can start living anew, even if you are already “dead for a long time.” four days". At the same time, it is not a coincidence that the old pawnbroker, that is, Raskolnikov's victim, lives on the fourth floor and Semyon Marmeladov's room is also on the fourth floor. The police office is on the fourth floor. Sonya advises Raskolnikov to bow on all four sides. Therefore, the number four in this case is the number of atonement for sin, the number by which our hero can be reborn. And when reading the very end of the scene, she pronounced it loudly and enthusiastically, so that Raskolnikov believed in a miracle. So that he can be resurrected.
Sonya herself, when reading the episode, compared Raskolnikov with the Jews who stood watching the miracle of the resurrection of the already stinking Lazarus, to whom nothing will help, since four days is the period when the body begins to decompose, and then they believed in Jesus Christ. The episode of the reading of Lazarus begins with the words "There was a certain Lazarus from Bethany who was sick ...". I think a parallel can be drawn between the image of the patient and Rodion. At first, Raskolnikov was ill, he fell ill with the theory of the "superman". The episode ends with the fact that Lazar is resurrected, having survived death and spending four days in the coffin, like Raskolnikov, who suffered and was as dead for four days. On the fourth day Jesus came and helped him to resurrect, while Sonechka Marmeladova on the fourth day "helps Raskolnikov" by reading Lazarus. This way you can draw a parallel Sonechka - Jesus. And at the end of the novel, when Sonya accompanies Raskolnikov from a distance, who set off on his way of the cross - to voluntarily confess to the crime he committed and suffer the appropriate punishment, the protagonist is clearly compared with Christ, whom the myrrh-bearing women followed from afar on His way of the cross. Therefore, Raskolnikov has been in all three images from unbelieving Jews to Jesus Christ, which shows his rebirth and "resurrection".
With such an emotional reading of this episode, Sonya is trying to convey the meaning to Raskolnikov. Perhaps that is why Raskolnikov decided to open himself to Sonya completely and completely, thereby getting rid of some of the sin.
After this episode, he decides to confess to Sonya in the murder, and says that he "chosen" her, since she was also able to step over, only she killed herself (but it doesn't matter). But that's exactly what matters! Raskolnikov imagined himself to be Napoleon and committed the murder, and Sonya, with her sincere and pure faith, sacrifices herself for the sake of saving others, her neighbors, and does not consider others to be “trembling creatures”. And Raskolnikov, on the contrary, believed that the majority were “trembling creatures” and the minority were “masters”, called from birth to rule the majority, standing outside the law and having the right, like Napoleon, to cross the law in the name of the goals he needed and violate the divine peace and order. “Freedom and Power! And most importantly, power! Over all the trembling creature and over the whole anthill! Remember this!". After these words, Sonya looked at him as if he was crazy.
Suddenly Raskolnikov spoke with determination in his eyes: “Let's go together if I came to you. We are cursed together, let's go together!"
After this visit to Sonya, a miracle happened. Raskolnikov realized that it was no longer possible to live like this and decides to confess to a crime and be punished, that is, to take suffering upon himself, to atone for sins. Sonya, by her example, directed him to the true path and strengthened him in his attitude to life and faith. Also, love for Sonya helps him cleanse himself of sins, because this divine feeling is capable of creating real, incomparable miracles. God is our father, he loves us all and tells us to love our neighbor. And so did our hero. After committing the crime, Raskolnikov lies in his apartment, which looks like a "coffin" and falls ill from the sinfulness of his soul. After all, such concepts as suffering, purification and love are the most important in Christian worldview. His theory of the overman was defeated, and the author himself, who decided to test his theory on own experience. Raskolnikov does not want to communicate with anyone and left his relatives. He seemed to be dead to everyone. And after reading Lazarus, he begins to gradually resurrect, to be reborn. He builds relationships with his mother and sister and begins to live a more or less normal life. And at the end of the novel, he realizes that the devil led him to all these crimes. “Kill her and take her money, so that with their help you can then devote yourself to the service of all mankind and the common cause” - this phrase was one of the pushing reasons for the crime. Raskolnikov, when he heard her in a tavern, saw some symbolism in this. And yet, the author gives the hero the opportunity to purify, thereby trying to convey to the reader that miracles are possible. The main idea that the author carries through the entire novel is that a person must live like a Christian, be meek, be able to forgive and sympathize, and all this is possible only with the acquisition of true faith. AND true faith- it's a miracle. The miracle of resurrection is now awaiting from Sonya and Raskolnikov himself: "Everything with Sonya became somehow stranger and more wonderful for him, every minute."
On Sennaya Square, when he recalls Sonya’s advice, he has a feeling of the fullness of life: “one sensation took possession of him at once, captured him all - with body and mind, he rushed into the possibility of this whole, new, complete sensation. Everything in him softened at once, and tears poured out ... he knelt in the middle of the square, bowed to the ground and kissed this dirty earth with pleasure and happiness. It was he who repented, bowing before the people, and his soul immediately felt better.
The kneeling scene is typical for church plots. To kneel means to pay tribute to a person more high position, to beg for something, to acknowledge one's submission and inferiority. Consequently, Raskolnikov kneels twice: the first time to "all human suffering" in the face of Sonya, and the second time, at Sonya's request, he kneels in the square. And both times he does it involuntarily, as if unconsciously.
As a result, Raskolnikov himself confesses to the murder and goes to hard labor.
The Gospel of John about the resurrection of Lazarus shows a person what faith in God and repentance leads to, because true faith in God can work miracles. And in our case, Raskolnikov accepts this path and follows the right path of purification through great suffering.
The Bible in general and the New Testament in particular occupy a very special place in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. This work is rightfully considered a masterpiece even among the five great novels of this writer. It is, as it were, a kind of epicenter of his work, it contains the seeds of all those ideas that will be developed in more detail in his other works.
In the center of "Crime and Punishment" is placed an episode of reading the XI chapter of the Gospel of John about the resurrection of Lazarus. This scene forms the rest of the fabric of the novel around it.
Raskolnikov has committed a crime, he must "believe" and repent. This will be his spiritual cleansing. The hero turns to the Gospel and, according to Dostoevsky, must find answers there to questions that torment him, must gradually be reborn, move into a new reality for him. Dostoevsky promotes the idea that a person who has committed a sin is able to spiritually resurrect if he believes in Christ and accepts his moral commandments.
The image of Raskolnikov's resurrection is really connected with the gospel story about the resurrection of Lazarus by Christ, which Sonya reads to Raskolnikov. While reading, Sonia herself mentally compares him with the Jews who were present at the unheard-of miracle of the resurrection of the already stinking Lazarus and who believed in Christ. And at the end of the novel, when Sonya accompanies Raskolnikov from a distance, who went on his way of the cross - to voluntarily confess to the crime he committed and suffer the appropriate punishment, the protagonist is clearly compared with Christ, whom the myrrh-bearing women followed from afar on His way of the cross.
That is, it turns out that Raskolnikov of the novel embodies three characters at once: Lazar himself, and the doubting Jews, and even Christ.
Crime and punishment are only a small part of the gospel story. The novel ends at the moment when “the dead man came out” and Jesus said: “Untie him; Let him go". The last words read by Sonya to Raskolnikov are no longer about the novel plot, but about the impact that it should have on readers. No wonder these words are highlighted in Dostoevsky's italics: "Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him."
For Dostoevsky, the use of biblical myths and images is not an end in itself. They served as illustrations for his reflections on the tragic fate of the world, Russia and the human soul as part of world civilization. The key to the revival of all this Dostoevsky considered the appeal to the idea of Christ.
Literature answers for grade 11. What is the role of the gospel story about the resurrection of Lazarus in understanding the idea of the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"
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The Bible belongs to everyone, atheists and believers alike.
This is the book of humanity.
F. Dostoevsky
The Bible is a book known to all mankind. Great is its influence on the development of the world artistic culture. Bible stories and images inspired writers, artists, musicians of various eras and peoples. The works of many famous Russian writers are also permeated with the ideas of Christianity. Biblical legends, images were used by L. Tolstoy and F. Dostoevsky, M. Bulgakov and A. Kuprin, A. Akhmatova and O. Mandelstam, Sholom Aleichem and Ch. Aitmatov, A. Blok and B. Pasternak. in the bible we are talking about good and evil, about truth and lies, about the loss of harmony between man and God. It deals with societal issues. No wonder it is called the Book of Books. Without knowledge of the Bible, it is impossible to comprehend and understand a number of works, including the novel Crime and Punishment.
The main merit of the writer is that he raised and tried to solve such global eternal problems as life and immortality, good and evil, faith and unbelief. Dostoevsky tried to find answers to these questions by referring to the New Testament, which tells about the fate of Jesus Christ. Dostoevsky believed that a person who has committed a sin is capable of spiritually resurrecting if he believes in Christ, if he accepts his moral commandments. According to the writer, Raskolnikov, the protagonist of the novel Crime and Punishment, who committed a crime, must turn to the Gospel in order to find answers to his questions and gradually be spiritually reborn. Dostoevsky proves with his novel that violence and kindness are incompatible concepts. And even if a kind person, eager to change the world, to save people from suffering, takes the path of violence, he will inevitably bring harm to himself and others. Using in the novel "Crime and Punishment" biblical legends and images, Dostoevsky reflects on the tragic fate of the world and Russia. During Dostoevsky's time, the idea of revolution was popular as the fastest and most radical means of rebuilding the country. But the revolution inevitably leads to blood, to violence, to victims. And the revolution needed people who could step over moral standards. Dostoevsky contrasts the idea of revolution with the idea of the moral and spiritual purification of man. According to Dostoevsky, Christianity should play a huge role in this. This led to the appearance in the novel biblical motifs. The images from the Bible echo those of the novel.
So, the legend of the resurrection of Lazarus echoes the fate of Rodion Raskolnikov. The room of the protagonist is likened to a coffin. It was under the stone that he left the loot from dead old woman, and Christ commands to “take away the stone”, that is, to repent, to free the soul. At hard labor, Raskolnikov reads the Gospel - the very book from which Sonya read to him about the resurrection of Lazarus. The fate of Sonya, the holy harlot, echoes the parable of the harlot Mary Magdalene, forgiven by Jesus Christ. Sonya sacrificed herself in the name of love for her neighbors, she ruined herself without achieving anything. But with her love, pity, compassion, self-sacrifice, her faith in God, she saves Raskolnikov. The painter Mikolka also sacrifices himself: he takes the blame in order to suffer.
In the center of "Crime and Punishment" is placed an episode of reading the XI chapter of the Gospel of John about the resurrection of Lazarus. This scene forms the rest of the fabric of the novel around it.
Raskolnikov has committed a crime, he must "believe" and repent. This will be his spiritual cleansing. The hero turns to the Gospel and, according to Dostoevsky, must find answers there to questions that torment him, must gradually be reborn, move into a new reality for him. Dostoevsky promotes the idea that a person who has committed a sin is able to spiritually resurrect if he believes in Christ and accepts his moral commandments.
The image of Raskolnikov's resurrection is really connected with the gospel story about the resurrection of Lazarus by Christ, which Sonya reads to Raskolnikov. While reading, Sonia herself mentally compares him with the Jews who were present at the unheard-of miracle of the resurrection of the already stinking Lazarus and who believed in Christ. And at the end of the novel, when Sonya accompanies Raskolnikov from a distance, who went on his way of the cross - to voluntarily confess to the crime he committed and suffer the appropriate punishment, the protagonist is clearly compared with Christ, whom the myrrh-bearing women followed from afar on His way of the cross.
That is, it turns out that Raskolnikov of the novel embodies three characters at once: and Lazarus himself, and doubting Jews, and even Christ. Crime and punishment are only a small part of the gospel story. The novel ends at the moment when “the dead man came out” and Jesus said: “Untie him; Let him go". The last words read by Sonya to Raskolnikov are no longer about the novel plot, but about the impact that it should have on readers. No wonder these words are highlighted in Dostoevsky's italics: "Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him."
For Dostoevsky, the use of biblical myths and images is not an end in itself. They served as illustrations for his reflections on the tragic fate of the world, Russia and the human soul as part of world civilization. The key to the revival of all this Dostoevsky considered the appeal to the idea of Christ.
Analysis of the episode "Reading Lazarus by Sonya Marmeladova to Raskolnikov"
The episode begins with a description of the room in which Marmeladova lived. Her dwelling was in a house "on a ditch," "three stories high, old and green." The furnishings in the room were squalid, "looked like a barn," there were no curtains on the windows, and the walls were covered with "battered and worn" wallpapers.
It would seem that in such a poor and miserable monastery there is no place for such a spiritually pure girl as Sonya. She only talks about the people around her. Nice words, speaks warmly about the "stuttering" owners, fondly remembers his father and mother. In each of her sentences, we hear pity and compassion for loved ones, although it would seem that Sonya has reason to be offended by life.
At first, Raskolnikov saw in the girl features similar to him, because both he and she crossed moral laws society. The only difference is that Rodion did it for himself, and Sonya did it for the welfare of the family. The young man is trying to make her rebel, just like him: “I know ... and about how you went at six o’clock”, “Katerina Ivanovna almost beat you”, “Katerina Ivanovna is in consumption, angry, she will die soon ”, “What will happen to you?”, “And if you get sick now”, “Children will go out into the street in a crowd”, “It will probably be the same with Polechka.”
But one well-aimed phrase of the girl “debunks” the whole theory of Raskolnikov: “What would I be without God?”. Sonya believes in God, God is her truth and strength. If, out of hopelessness, Rodion chose to kill an innocent person, then the girl chose a different path - prayer.
This is seen with particular force when Sonya and Raskolnikov read an episode of the Gospel. This episode begins with the words "There was a certain Lazarus, from Bethany ...", who was sick. I think a parallel can be drawn between the image of the patient and Rodion. The episode ends with the fact that Lazarus is resurrected, having survived death and spending four days in the tomb.
Sonya's intonation emotionally enhances the scene of reading the Gospel: "she read it loudly and enthusiastically", "a feeling of great triumph seized her." The resurrection of Lazarus gives hope that Raskolnikov will someday gain faith in God and find peace of mind.
Reading the Gospel, as it were, changes young man and the girl in some places: the decisive, ruthless Raskolnikov and the "confused", frightened Sonya with a quiet voice at the beginning of the conversation. While reading, the girl has a sparkle in her eyes, severity and solemnity, while Rodion's "head began to spin." This means that Sonya's faith is much stronger and deeper than Raskolnikov's theory.
After reading, Rodion moves on to the "case": he invites Sonya to give up everything, "to judge seriously and directly", "to break what is necessary, once for all, and only." But we see that he hesitates, he no longer speaks with the determination that he had at the beginning. Raskolnikov reveals himself to the girl, he is ready to confess to her, not yet repenting of the crime he has committed.
The young man leaves, leaving Sonya confused. He seemed to her "crazy", but she "she herself was like crazy." Raskolnikov again awakened in the girl thoughts about Polechka, mother, Lizaveta, which she dreamed about at night.
Thus, the conversation between Sonya and Rodion "in a beggarly room" opened new page in both lives. The girl became even more confident in God, and Raskolnikov began to realize the inconsistency of his theory of "those in power." And, despite the disagreements that arose, the “murderer and the harlot” became even stronger and spiritually closer to each other.
“I have seen and know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the ability to live on earth. I cannot and do not want to believe that there is evil normal state of people". F. Dostoevsky thought so. Trying to figure it out eternal problems good and evil, mercy, justice, human responsibility for what he has done, he turns to the Bible. The Bible is the only way to salvation, according to Dostoevsky. IN last words The novel sounds faith in the rebirth of the soul of the criminal. This is faith in the revival of all of Russia.
