I didn't kill them, my "friend" did (C&P)

I guess it's safe to say that we have reached the climax of this novel. Raskolnikov finally confesses to his murders and to whom does he do this to? Sonya. He goes around the bushes a bit though and speaks to her about it as if another person committed the crime. He says things like, "I must be a great friend of his" and "He killed her by accident" (346). Then he tells her to guess who the murderer is and Sonya goes ballistic! She manages to persuade him to go turn himself and gives him a cypress-wood cross to wear. She tells him that they are going to suffer together so they will bear the cross together (356). Sonya is soon informed about her mother's apparent madness in the streets. The police soon confronts her and takes her home where she dies. I don't know about you, but I saw this one coming. Then Svidrigailov basically comes out of nowhere and admits to overhearing Raskolnikov confessing to the murders. He was listening through the wall, remember?

Raskolnikov is now once again a hot mess and seems to be out of it, for real. Razumikhin comes over to visit and updates Raskolnikov on his mom and sister. He leaves out the door, but turns right back around to tell Raskolnikov that the murderer had been found. It was somehow proven (and believe by the Porfiry) to be one of painters, Nikolai. As Raskolnikov leaves, the Porfiry enters. How ironic is it that people keep coming one after the other? Scripted! Anyways .. The Porfiry apologized for the way he treated Raskolinikov, but still claims him to be the true murderer. Of course he denies it, but at this point the Porfiry has already made up his mind. He advises Raskolnikov to confess and tells him to leave a note behind mentioning the stone if he decides to take his life away within the next 40-50 hours.Next is Svidrigailov which Raskolnikov finds and hold a conversation with. He eventually threatens to kill Svidrigailov if he uses the information to get Dunya. By the end of the night Raskolnikov saw him as "the most shallow and worthless scoundrel on the face of the earth" (398).

This part of the novel most definitely display the theme of guilt eating you up alive and how the truth will set you free. Raskolnikov confesses to Sonya and feels good for the moment. That is, until he realizes that Svidrigailov eased dropped on him. The fact that the Porfiry believes him to be the murderer takes him two steps back to square one: Paranoia.