In Dostoievsky's famous novel, Smerdyakov tells Ivan that he intends to murder their father, and suggests that Ivan go away so that he will have an alibi for the murder. Ivan professes to be shocked, yet he warns nobody and he does arrange to be elsewhere when Smerdyakov does his dirty work. Later he admits that he wanted his father dead. Could Hitchcock (and Highsmith, the original writer of the novel) have had the Russian story in mind when they set up Guy's temptation?
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