en we see him experience a brief moment of spiritual relief from his torment after having a hideous nightmare of the killing of the mare. Horrified, he convinces himself he would never dare carry out his plans of murder and begs to God to guide him: "Lord!...show me my way; I renounce this cursed dream of mine! (60)". After having done so, Raskolnikov is immediately welcomed by a sense of rejuvenation, feeling as if "he had just thrown off the horrible burden that had been weighing him down for so long, and his soul suddenly became light and peaceful...Freedom, freedom! He was now free of that spell, magic, sorcery, obsession! (60)". It is the first time in the novel Raskolnikov ever calls t
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