Noun: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
- The protagonist in Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment' who murders a pawnbroker and her sister, believing himself morally superior to ordinary humans
"Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov's psychological torment drives the narrative";
- Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov
Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character
Encyclopedia: Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov