Person
Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov
Also known as Sonia, Sonia Marmeladov, Sofya Semyonovna.
Marmeladov's daughter, known first through his tavern confession. She has taken a yellow ticket to keep Katerina Ivanovna and the children from starving, and lives apart because that ticket makes ordinary respectability impossible. Marmeladov speaks of her as both sacrificed and holy, while the chapter keeps her just outside the room until his story has done its work.
Part II, Chapter VI
She comes to her father's deathbed in her poor finery, terrified and gentle, and becomes visible to Raskolnikov as more than a story.
Part IV, Chapter IV
In her room she reads the raising of Lazarus to Raskolnikov, her faith trembling but unhidden.
Part V, Chapter III
When Luzhin accuses her of theft, Lebeziatnikov exposes the planted money and saves her publicly.
Part V, Chapter IV
Raskolnikov tells her he killed Alyona and Lizaveta. Sonia's answer is not curiosity but shared suffering, prayer, and the cross.
Part VI, Chapter VII
She presses a cypress cross on Raskolnikov and begs him to go to the crossroads, bow down, and confess his crime aloud to the earth.
Epilogue
She follows Raskolnikov to Siberia, wins the convicts' affection, and waits beside him until his inward resistance begins to yield.
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