[Music] in Part three chapter five of crime and punishment Raskolnikov feigns being light-hearted when he and Razumikhin meet Porfiry the police investigator Porfiry not only knows he pawned items with Ileana but reveals bit by bit that he actually knows a lot about rest kala Cobbs recent movements Raskolnikov agonizes under the burden of his murder as these new revelations come out that he's being watched Porfiry brings up an article Ruskin akov wrote about crime published in periodical discourse that argues the perpetration of a crime is always accompanied by illness it also includes the theory that extraordinary men have the right to commit crimes even kill for the common good if such a one is forced for the sake of his idea to step over a corpse or wade through blood he can I maintain find within himself in his conscience a sanction for wading through blood moreover Napoleon is Raskolnikov's epitome of the extraordinary man his drive to conquer Europe killed many but history views him as a brilliant and powerful leader of men ordinary laws do not apply to his extraordinary actions so the suffering he creates is justified Razumikhin is horrified that his friend sanctions bloodshed in the name of conscience with such fanaticism - Raskolnikov has certainly been very ill himself recently Porfiry wonders if Raskolnikov might imagine himself to be this very kind of extraordinary man the three men continued to debate the question of whether crime exists or if it's ever justifiable as rest kholokov leaves Porfiry asks him to come to the police station the next day he surprises him with a parting question about the painters on the second floor at the pawnbrokers but Raskolnikov avoids the trap in Part three chapter six of crime and punishment Razumikhin is outreach to them Porfiry suspects Raskolnikov hmm Raskolnikov cleverly dissects Porfiry's methods for Razumikhin secretly admitting to himself that he enjoys going over the details of his crime despite this outward confidence his paranoia takes over and he rushes home to search for evidence he might have missed later a strange man passes Roscommon akov on the street and whispers murderer Raskolnikov mind spins out of control and he retreats in terror and heart pounding anxiety to his room he realizes he is not an extraordinary man after all because he lacks the courage of his convictions if he believed what he did was really not a crime he would not feel so guilty nor does he feel any sense of superiority in fact he compares the pawnbroker to a louse an insect then claims that he is even viola and more loathesome than she suddenly he changes his mind he immerses her as if she caused his dilemma saying he shall never never forgive the old woman [Music]