Joshua Cohen's Comment on Alexia's Post

            I like your interpretation that this new character that entered Raskolnikov’s room after his dream might just be a figment of his imagination as it lends an entirely new perspective on the novel. Perhaps this new character is just a part of his mind telling him certain things either to get him to become sane, or is pulling Raskolnikov further and further from sanity as his mental stability collapses. All I know is that if this is going to be Raskolnikov’s next target in his next murder, it would be interesting if this man is just a figment of his imagination as Raskolnikov would be chasing someone or something that does not exist. I feel like if this man is a figment of Raskolnikov’s mind, he might end up killing other people who he believes to be this man, or something similar to that. Yet I am unsure about the fact that the police actually suspect Raskolnikov due to his insanity because it seems that the police have openly stated that they do not suspect him, or at least Raskolnikov portrayed it as if they were not searching for him. Who knows, maybe they will eventually get around to arresting him just as he is about to reach some huge conclusion about his grand “theory” on murder.