1. Analyzing Luzhin's character, Rodya realizes that an intellect unrestrained by moral goals is dangerous, because many astute people can look through this false facade. Luzhin's false intellectual facade does not fool Rodya or Razumikhin, and although they try to convince Dunya not to marry Luzhin, she does not listen. Rodya believes that Luzhin's “moral goal” is “to marry an honest girl…who has experienced difficulties” (36). The only way for him to get Dunya to agree to marry him is to act as if he is a very intellectual person, who is actually not as educated as he claims. This illustrates that Rodya knows that this is really dangerous because he knows that people can ruin their lives by acting to be someone they are not. Rodya also knows that people isolate themselves from others just so that no one finds out their true personality. This is illustrated by the fact that Luzhin tries to avoid Dunya and her mother as much as possible. The way he writes his letter illustrates his isolation, as Luzhin does not know how to interact with society. He doesn't know how to write letters to his fiancée and his future mother-in-law. This mirrors Rodya's second dream, as he is unable to marry Dunya to a nice person. He feels isolated from others because his intellect makes him feel that Luzhin is not telling the truth about his personality. However, it is because of her lack of moral purpose that Rodya berates her sister's fiancé. He is unable to control himself and, due to his immoral act of getting drunk, Rodya loses all judgment and therefore will belittle Luzhin. Although Rodya's intellectual mind took over and showed him that Luzhin was... middle of paper...... losing the will to live; therefore, Rodya could no longer bear the grief and murdered Alyona. After this interview, Rodya had his third dream in which, no matter what he did, he was not able to kill Alyona, who was hysterically laughing at him. Due to his inability to murder Alyona, he loses all his intellect and becomes like a mad beast in order to try to kill Alyona. This also symbolizes that no matter what happens, Rodya will never be able to get rid of the heartbreak and torture that Alyona put Rodya through and with that, the idea of ​​her will always be there with him. This illustrates why he cannot “kill” the “old hag” because he can never forget the grief she has brought upon his debtors. He can't kill his witch and no matter what he does, no matter how much intelligence he loses, he will never be able to get rid of her, and she will always haunt his memories and dreams..