Part 3, Chapter 5
First major interview: Porfiry questions Raskolnikov about his article 'On Crime,' drawing out the theory of ordinary and extraordinary men.
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Porfiry is the shrewd magistrate whose cat-and-mouse interrogations form the novel's intellectual chase, probing Raskolnikov's article on 'extraordinary men.'
Part 6, Chapter 2
Porfiry's final confrontation: 'You are the murderer.' He urges confession, telling Raskolnikov, 'Become the sun and everyone will see you.'
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