Marmeladov fastens onto Raskolnikov in a tavern and pours out the story of his household: Katerina Ivanovna, the hungry children, Sonia, and the yellow ticket. The scene is theatrical, self-accusing, and painfully specific, turning a stranger's misery into Raskolnikov's first major encounter with suffering outside himself.
Part II, Chapter VI
When Marmeladov is run over, Raskolnikov's memory of the tavern confession sends him straight into the family crisis he first heard described.
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