"She washes the floors herself and eats black bread, but disrespectfor herself she will not tolerate."This quote really stood out to me, especially the part about respect.Women today have lost so much respect for themselves. Respect foroneself is crucial because if you don't respect yourself, who willrespect you? Katerina definitely comes across as a hardworking,selfless, respectable woman. Her husband on the other hand seemssomewhat sleazy and sketchy. Katerina and Marmeldov don't seem to havea mutual respect, which makes their relationship seem fake and forced.The characters in this book have been attracted to all the wrongthings. They don't look for love, but for money and economicstability. Materialism is incredibly important. Obviously thingshaven't changed so much in that sense, but the importance of respectfor oneself has dramatically decreased over the years.
Dylan P.
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I too like that quote. I find it is one of many quotes in the novel that Dostoevsky uses brilliantly in order to aid in characterization. That line alone put a perfect picture of the type of person Katerina was. Katrina seems like an extremely strong women, not the type of women you want to cross as we saw by the fear she instilled in Marmeldov. Not only was scared of her as far as her physically abusing him but just her stare.
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