Part 4, Chapter 1
Svidrigailov tells Raskolnikov 'we are birds of a feather,' announcing the doubling that culminates in his suicide as Raskolnikov's alternative ending.
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From Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov is shadowed by doubles—Svidrigailov (the nihilist endpoint), Luzhin (rational self-interest), and Sonia (suffering love)—who externalize his options.
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