Майор Вихрь
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| Dostoevsky, F.M. Crime and Punishment. Sonya Marmeladova |
| “She was short, about eighteen years old, thin, but quite pretty, with remarkable blue eyes.” The daughter of Marmeladov. To help her starving family, she began to engage in prostitution. We first learn about her from Marmeladov’s story. The first time she returns home with money, Sonya gives it to her stepmother, Katerina Petrovna, and lies face down on the wall, “only her shoulders and body tremble.” Raskolnikov confesses his crime to the girl, shifts part of his suffering onto her, and hates her for it. According to Dostoevsky, Sonya is also a criminal. She transgressed against herself for the sake of others. Her willingness to sacrifice herself turned into a defilement of her own soul. Sonya fell in love with Raskolnikov. She pities him, is ready to share the fate of the young man, and to bear his cross together with him. It is Sonya who reads the Gospel to Raskolnikov, the chapter about the resurrection of Lazarus, which symbolizes the possibility of resurrecting any, even the most dead, soul. And it is Sonya who pushes Raskolnikov to repentance. She follows him when he goes to confess. The girl goes with Raskolnikov to Siberia. There, all the prisoners treat her with great respect and love. The heroine herself, with her love, revives Raskolnikov to a new life. “Sonya, Sonya Marmeladova, eternal Sonya, as long as the world exists!” This heroine is a symbol of self-sacrifice for the sake of one’s neighbor and endless suffering. |
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O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride.
G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride.
G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal