: The dream reveals Raskolnikov's inherent empathy. As a child in the dream, he tries to protect a horse being beaten to death, contrasting sharply with his intellectualized plan to commit murder.
: He sees a peasant named Mikolka beating an old, frail mare to death with a crowbar. [S11E5] Crime and Punishment
: He wakes up in a cold sweat, horrified, questioning if he can actually carry out the murder of the pawnbroker with an axe. : The dream reveals Raskolnikov's inherent empathy
This chapter provides the critical psychological grounding for Raskolnikov's internal conflict: [S11E5] Crime and Punishment
