Dostoevsky highlights suffering and its effect on man through almost all characters in his novel. Suffering phenomenally affects the protagonist of the novel, Rodia. A measurement of Rodia's suffering vastlys outweighs all others throughout this novel. To properly convey the effect of this emotion, suffering must be broken down into subcategories. Physical aspects of this idea can be seen through Rodia's illness after committing the crime. He becomes feverish for several days and blacks out under minimal provocation, such as the utterance words pertaining to the murder. Delirium sets in due to his constantly worsening mental state. Evidence of this occurs as Rodia hears Petrovitch assaulting his landlady, which never actually happens, materializes in his mind due to his unstable state of being. Guilt is a major factor that contributes to his illness, not over taking the life of another human, but guilt from alienation from society. He feels that taking the life of the evil pawnbroker is part of his niche as an "extraordinary" being, but because of this, he suffers from mental instability and slight schizophrenia. Dostoevsky reveals the dual personality of Rodya several times in the novel. Rodya changes his intentions over the prostitute on the street, and also visits Razhumikin, but leaves without warning or provocation. Rodia constantly fights an inner battle between what his next objective will be and whether or not he will carry it out. As a pendulum, he sways between wanting to confess and wanting to stay anonymous, but he never convinces himself that he has sufficient reason to confess until he meets Sonia. Money seems to be the major factor that comes into play as he decides to commit the murder, as he suffers from financial insecurity. He believes his sister is only making an attempt at making his life easier by marrying a person with wealth. His financial insecurity forces him to pawn things of great value to him.