The novel Crime and Punishment employs imagery, metaphorical language, and foreshadowing. Irony, both theatrical and verbal. Narrative tone, mood, and style. The study of literature can also include topics such as plot structure, character development, theme, symbolism, and stylistic device. Crime and punishment uses many of these too. Foreshadowing is the revealing of future events or characters before they actually happen/appear. In Crime and Punishment, we see that Raskolnikov has a bad habit of thinking deeply about crimes that have been committed against his family, and this makes Mr. Kovalyov suspect him of committing more crimes than just theft. This leads him to believe that Raskolnikov must be guilty of murder! Imagery is the use of words or images to make a point, move the story along, or get an emotional response from the reader. When writing about crimes, authors often use imagery to make their points clear to readers. For example, when describing how Raskolnikov feels like he's going crazy, the author could say that "his head felt as if it were filled with spiders' webs".