raskolnikov's first time

language: en

definitions

  1. A reference to Rodion Raskolnikov, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel *Crime and Punishment*, committing his first murder.
    en: A reference to Rodion Raskolnikov, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel *Crime and Punishment*, committing his first murder.
  2. Used metaphorically to describe an individual's first significant moral transgression or criminal act.
    en: Used metaphorically to describe an individual's first significant moral transgression or criminal act.

examples

  1. Critics often debate the psychological consequences of Raskolnikov's first time in literary analysis.

    Critics often debate the psychological consequences of Raskolnikov's first time in literary analysis.

  2. He realized that crossing that line was his own raskolnikov's first time.

    He realized that crossing that line was his own raskolnikov's first time.