Crime and Punishment

Raskolnikov finally comes to repentance the very end after he has a dream about destruction and he flings himself at Sonia's feet. Right after he remembers that he has not opened the Bible Sonia gave him, he does not open it but he asks himself if Sonia's convictions can become his. Prior to this he never really repents for what he did. When he first confesses to Sonia he tells her that he has "a bad heart" but "that's not the point". He admits that he is bad and later he admits that he was wrong, but he keeps rationalizing his actions and says "I've only killed a louse". The main reason for his public confession was for Sonia, he took her cross because he "wanted her tears" and to feel connected to a person. Sonia tells Raskolnikov to kiss the crossroads in the haymarket square and confess that he is a murderer, he is overcome with emotion and falls to the ground but when people begin to ridicule him he could not bring himself to say he is a murderer.