Crime Punishment

I have read Crime and Punishment 4 times and I'm still undecided about the epilogue. Was it necessary?

It has an epilogue?

Yes, the epilogue is about what happens to Raskolnikov and the other characters after he turns himself in. Some believe the epilogue is necessary for closure and to show that Raskolnikov has been redeemed, others believe it lessens the dramatic effect of the novel. I guess both positions are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Read it.

lol I saw this friends episode where it said went to work on a farm is code for put to sleep, but they were talking about ross' dog

maybe he didn't know how else to end the book? was it necessary? I'm no literature major, but it wasnt necessary, it just was. its how the story goes I guess