# Semyon Zaharovich Marmeladov — Crime and Punishment character guide

> Semyon Zaharovich Marmeladov in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Marmeladov, Semyon Zaharovitch

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-i

## Who they are

A drunken, self-pitying former civil servant whom Raskolnikov meets in a tavern. His monologue about his family's suffering introduces Sonia and Katerina Ivanovna.

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