The Influence Of Realism In Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan Ilyich
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The novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, shows the influence of
Realism on its author. Leo Tolstoy. The illusion of reality, the main
theme of the novella, is an aspect of Realism that Tolstoy effectively used
in this novella. Other attitudes of Realism that were used by Tolstoy were
the plainness ....
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.... knowing that they were clouding
their diagnosis. Ivan's friends, too, became Tolstoy's target for illusion
of reality. When they went to Ivan's funeral, they thought that they “
should” or “have to” go and comfort the widow. Their real reasoning behind
everything was to see who would take Ivan's position at work. Another
example of illusion of reality is when Ivan is lying down in excruciating
pain and his wife, daughter, and son-in-law enter. Ivan sits and watches
as they ignore t ....
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