Monster Essays - The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Leo Tolstoy - Rebirth by Death
The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Leo Tolstoy - Rebirth by Death
Leo Tolstoy was a great humanist. Evolution of human character was a subject
of his close attention. The main personage of the story "The Death of Ivan
Ilyich" is ordinary official who conduct his life according to a strict social
code, never deviating from what was rule d by society, by his pleasure, by
materialistic motives, but never by conscience. His contact with his wife and
children was limited and shallow because he didn't find pleasure in this. His
life satisfied him when he was healthy, but when he faced with death his
loneliness overwhelmed him. After the accident....
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