So, who did it?

Ivan killed him.

Aljosha, the devil

>>9746958
Is this the new Holden rapes Phoebe bait meme?

>>9746956
Smerdyakov killed him
Ivan was at fault
Dmitry suffered the punishment

>>9747128
>>9746958
>>9747094
that sure is one weird way to write "God"

>>9747155
that argument doesn't hold in trial

>>9747128

>Smerdyakov killed him

yes

>Ivan was at fault

no

>>9747438
That's one of the main themes of the book -- universal sin (and vicarious atonement).
Ivans doctrine that if God and immorality don't exist everything is permissible enthralled smerdykov and compelled him to commit the murder (thinking also that Ivan approved and encouraged it).
Recall zosima's exhortation to vigilance lest we unknowingly corrupt a child by a careless or cruel word or action. Also his repeated teaching of universal responsibility.
Ivan realizes his fault in the crime and that's why he loses his mind.

>>9746956
So did he rape snerydokov's mom or will we ever know the truth?

>>9747533
Of course he did, a retarded can't give positive consent.

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>>9746956
I did it. It was me. I killed Frodo Klashnikov