He then decides that it is providence that he overheard this and was thinking the same thing. This then sends him into an almost reflexive state, where he just does it. While he is killing her, he goes into a calm, machine like persona. This cold and mechanical killing of the broker leaves the reader confused at his earlier frenzy. Then once he has completed the task of killing her, he returns to himself, and then starts to realize what he has done. This contrast between the two states hints at the almost bipolar Raskolnikov. The duality with in his person. Originally his want to end her life seems to be malicious but as a reader it can be seen that it comes from a place of desperation, desperation to do something. His dislike for Alyona doesn’t stem from her as a person, but Raskolnikov despises their circumstance. He hated having to go to her for money; he hated that he wasn’t the only one doing
He then decides that it is providence that he overheard this and was thinking the same thing. This then sends him into an almost reflexive state, where he just does it. While he is killing her, he goes into a calm, machine like persona. This cold and mechanical killing of the broker leaves the reader confused at his earlier frenzy. Then once he has completed the task of killing her, he returns to himself, and then starts to realize what he has done. This contrast between the two states hints at the almost bipolar Raskolnikov. The duality with in his person. Originally his want to end her life seems to be malicious but as a reader it can be seen that it comes from a place of desperation, desperation to do something. His dislike for Alyona doesn’t stem from her as a person, but Raskolnikov despises their circumstance. He hated having to go to her for money; he hated that he wasn’t the only one doing