The Egg is Cracking!!!...

          Near the end of the story, Crime and Punishment, Rodya finally confesses his murder to someone he dearly loves, Sonya. He specifically looks upon her for help because he feels that he can relate with her. Maybe because she has a figure of Jesus. By telling him,"Accept suffering and redeem yourself by it," suggests that if he wants to seek salvation, then going "to hard labor" would get rid of his sins and hopefully obtain redemption.This seems to be a theme about death because he says, "I killed myself, not the old crone," which means he has lost his life and not the life of the pawnbroker. The motif about Ubermensch seems to define the personality of Rodya throughout the story. But when he confessed his murder of Lizaveta, he first lied to her by saying he did it to rob. He then speaks the truth and reveals that he wants to be another Napoleon and by experimenting murder, it will justify himself as a "louse" or a hero of the impoverish society.
          Katerina Ivanovna's death is very significant in a way that symbolizes the dream that Rodya had about the old horse. She forces her children to dance and sing in the street and how the crowd of people spoke badly about her. With the miserable children of hers, who starves and rely on prostitution to feed the family, was the cartload that increases. Ivanovna is constantly being taunted by the guests at her husband's funeral, like the mare who gets whipped by those people. But the more she fought back, the faster her illness devours her.
Truly the overall theme that I’ve recognized in these two factors is the anguish that the society had put on the shoulders of both Rodya and Ivanovna. They both face the pain and suffering and they try to prevent those things to happen. However, Rodya took it the serious way by committing murder to show the society and he the power of heroism. Ivanovna did not try to make any changes of the society, but rather adapted to it to live the days she have. I guess in any case, the society could be a major influence in a person's personality. But I would think that Rodya committed murder because he is slightly educated (law) and Ivanovna is just a poor lady.