Within the novel, the idea of sin plays a huge role in both Raskolnikov and Sonia’s lives, and is a key factor that brings the two characters closer. Raskolnikov sees Sonia as similar to him particularly because they have both sinned, Raskolnikov through murder, and Sonia through prostitution. Although these sins are very different from each other, and their severity is incomparable, Raskolnikov does not seem to see this. He only makes a connection that they both have sinned. He believes that since they both have sinned, that Sonia must be feeling the same things that Raskolnikov does throughout the book. He believes that she suffers as much as he does with internal guilt, hatred, and also confusion on whether or not it was the right thing to do. In Sonia’s case she does feel the same things he does, however she Therefore when he confesses to her about the murders she is not angry or scared, but she sees how he suffers and even embraces him. They both understand the internal conflicts that arise from committing a sin, and this brings them closer than any other two characters in the book.
Another important moment in Raskolnikov and Sonia’s relationship comes when Sonia reads aloud the Story of Lazarus. The story describes the miracle of how Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, through pure faith in God.
“Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with loud voice, Lazarus come forth. And he that was dead came forth."
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