Dreams in Crime and Punishment 1. In the first dream Raskolnikov dreamt that he was a child back in his hometown, walking with his father on a holiday. The town was barren and the day was very gray.

peasants near a cart used to carry wine and heavy goods.  He saw a thin horse, which was odd considering very large and strong horses normally pull these carts.  A younger peasant told all of the drunken men in red and blue shirts to get in the cart.  The crowd laughed because they knew such a small horse could not carry them.  After some persuasion six men and a fat woman got into the cart.  Everyone started laughing.  The men started to whip the mare because she was not moving fast enough with her load.  The owner, Mikolka, got into the cart and started to furiously beat the mare.  Raskolnikov became worried and so did a few people in the crowd.  The people in the crowd told him to stop beating her because she would die.  Mikolka kept beating the horse.  Raskolnikov tried to intervene but was prevented.  The mare started to kick in desperation but was only whipped harder.  At this point a shaft was being used and it was used twice on the mare.  The crowd kept laughing and yelling that he would kill her.  The men continued beating her with whips, sticks, and poles, while Mikolka hit her with the crowbar.  Finally the mare sighed and died.  The crowd said he was not a Christian.  Raskolnikov asked his father why it happened and he replied that the men were drunk and brutal.  Raskolnikov hugged his father, but felt choked. Tried to cry, and woke up.  This is on pages 48-53.In the second dream Raskolnikov believes that he is at an oasis in Egypt with his caravan, while they are resting.  They were all eating dinner and drinking the cold water from the spring.  The water runs over clean sand and colored stones.  Then he wakes up.  This is on pages 60 and 61.In the third dream Raskolnikov dreams that Ilya Petrovitch was beating the landlady.  Despite her unnatural cries to stop Petrovitch continued.  He kicked her and banged her head against the steps.  Raskolnikov wanted to bolt the door but he could not lift his hand to do so.  After ten minutes the fight was over, Petrovitch left and the landlady went moaning and slammed her door.  The crowd that had gathered dispersed back to their rooms and Raskolnikov woke up.  This is on pages 102 and 103.In the forth dream Raskolnikov started on the street with crowds of people.  A man asked Raskolnikov to come across the street, but as soon as he did the man left.  Raskolnikov followed the man to Alyona’s old house.  Raskolnikov began looking for the man, figuring that he must have hid somewhere.  He noted how strange and intimidating the place was and determined it was because of the moon.  A fly flew by and hit the window.  Raskolnikov noticed a coat hanging that had not been there before.  Alyona was behind the caot, so he hit her with the axe.  The first time the old woman did not move, so Raskolnikov looked up into her face from the floor and saw that she was laughing.  He started to frantically hit her numerous times and all the while she just kept laughing.  With each blow he thought more and more people were in the bedroom and hall.  He tried to run but when he saw the people he froze.  He tried to scream and woke up.   This is on pages 240 -242.