| Character action | Character name |
| often sick and between being conscious and unconscious? | |
| friend of Sonia's; murdered? | |
| eavesdrops on conversation between Raskolnikov and Sonia? | |
| states, “Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.” ? | |
| foil character to Raskolnikov with regard to his response to poverty? | |
| salvages Sonia's reputation? | |
| investigates the murders? | |
| 23 year old former student and tutor? | |
| writes an article about crime? | |
| represents Nihilism? | |