Crime And Punishment Svidrigailov Character Analysis

As we journey deeper in the text Crime and Punishment we learn about the struggles of a mad man named Raskolnikov. But upon this journey we run into a set of questionable character who seem to cause our anti-hero Ras to undulate. So you can say these men are his rivals or the bane of his existences. A next way to say this is a nemesis to our anti-hero Ras, as this is used to describe someone that is a cause of pain or suffering to a particular focus. An in this text the two biggest nemesis are Svidrigailov and Razumikhin. Both of these men have the mind set on breaking Ras so they can have what they truly desire. While Svidrigailov can be seen as the much more evil and sinister twin of Raskolnikov, he still makes a great adversary. I say this because his
But all of Svidrigailov’s crimes, are behind him. We witness Svidrigailov perform goods deeds, such as giving money to to Dunya and warn Dunya about the danger of marrying someone for the financial support just to end up as their prisoner. Although he is a violent and sneaky individual, Svidrigailov possesses the ability to accept that he cannot force reality to conform to his deepest desires. In this regard, he functions as a foil to Raskolnikov, who can accept only partially the breakdown of his presumed aristocratic personality. Earlier I mention Svidrigailov can be seen as the much more evil and sinister twin of Raskolnikov, I said this because it is hinted in the text that Svidrigailov has his own ghost just like Ras. Which mean that Svidrigailov has taking a life or two and can spot the sign of a man who has the blood of other on his hand. So we can see that Svidrigailov can stand on common ground an look at each other as equal, however Svidrigailov seems to have plan under his sleeve in order to get the upper hand or die