Part one of term paper
Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment continually provides insight into broad issues of pride, poverty and suffering through specific scenes that reflect the character’s values, the societal values and how their combination adds meaning to the entire work. Katerina Ivanovna’s funeral dinner for her late husband Marmeladov is a very import ...

Part two of term paper
... not out of respect for her late husband, but out of “poor man’s pride” to spend her last savings on a “traditional social ceremony” to show others that she was “not to be looked down upon” (Dostoevsky 308). Her motivation to plan and give the dinner was a way of dealing with her poverty level by proving to others she could entertain others, being from an “aristocratic” family. Katerina’s idea of a perfect dinner was spoiled when she saw the guest that actually arrived. N ...