The ruined household Marmeladov describes to Raskolnikov: Katerina Ivanovna, Sonia, and the hungry children living in dependence on chance money and public shame. The family is both a social fact and a moral pressure, because each person's fall pushes another person lower.
Part II, Chapter VI
Marmeladov's death throws the family into immediate crisis, with Raskolnikov's gift briefly holding off disaster.
Part V, Chapter V
Katerina's death leaves the children to arrangements made by Svidrigaïlov, while Sonia's burden changes shape again.
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