The Margin

Place

Dmitri's Prison

Also known as his prison.

Dmitri's prison is the town prison where Grushenka has been visiting him since his arrest. By its first mention, her visits have become a daily strain of love, jealousy, and fear on the eve of Dmitri's trial. It is both a legal holding place and the room from which his private anxieties now reach the people who love him.

XI-III. A Little Demon

Alyosha is hurrying there before it shuts, showing how the prison has become the narrow passage through which all last messages to Dmitri must pass.

XI-IV. A Hymn And A Secret

Inside the prison interview room, Mitya's prison confession unfolds in dusk, with a warder dozing nearby while Dmitri speaks of faith, guilt, and the secret proposal to escape.

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The Margin

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