The Rejection of Svidrigailov in Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment Raskolnikov would reject Svidrigailov because he knows that this man has designs against his sister. Dounia has been his main concern over the last two chapters: he stalks Svidrigailov not because he enjoys his company, but he constantly worries about his intentions. Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov at the bar strike up a conversation about Dounia and his interactions with her at Marfa Petrovna's house. Raskolnikov is eventually tricked by the Svid. base, and he leaves him alone after jumping into a car and running down the road - but he doesn't go to the islands, he comes back and has a meeting planned with Dounia. Svidrigailov, like Porfiry, employs tacit and underhand tactics. Raskolnikov realizes this and is angry with Svidrigailov for this. There is another very important reason why Raskolnikov hates Svid. As Hobbes pointed out, if a person knows that another man knows the truth about a lie he tells, or is able to discover such information, he will subsequently hate that person, regardless of the relationship. previous one in which she was. and aversion can be repressed, but even then it still has the capacity to manifest itself as a deluge of rejection. So far, Raskolnikov has managed to suppress his anger towards Svidrigailov and Porfiry. He yells at Porfiry to stop him or leave him alone, but he is much less forceful outwardly with his anger. Does Svidrigailov represent Raskolnikov's evil side? Does he embody Raskolnikov’s ideas and philosophy? It is perhaps easy to say yes, to simplify this great work of philosophy and psychological writing. However, it's best to avoid the trap of simply saying that he is the representation of R.'s evil side. The story is much deeper than that. Svidrigailov attacks, irritates and disturbs young women who do not wish to be associated with him. He bends to their weakness and, he himself admits, uses deception to win them over. It's not Raskolnikov. Raskolnikov is the man who conceived a theory – a theory which actually had as its objective the best of society – Svid. simply exists in a nihilistic atmosphere of vice and wanton behavior.