Soon after his confession to Sonya, Raskolnikov is drawn to Svidrigailov without realizing that Svidrigailov represents one aspect of his character. Svidrigailov, since their first meeting, has frequently asserted that there was something in common between them. These thoughts cause him to be somewhat repulsed by the thought of Sonya. "He was afraid of Sonya. . .he must go his own way or hers." But Raskolnikov is also convinced that his and Svidrigailov's "evil-doings could not be of the same kind."
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