Category: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

At its heart, Leo Tolstoys The Death of Ivan Ilych is concerned with illness and dying within upper-middle class life. In his pursuit of wealth and hypocritical relations, Ivans terminal illness  read as a form of pancreatic cancer  is a figure for an unhealthy upper middle-class life lived at the wrong side emotionally,…

Imagine living and surrounded by false people. Every word becomes nonsense and true identity is lost. All you witness is shallow people and their aspiration are petty and they only focus on their appearance. The thought of mortality never crosses their minds which blinds them to see that their lifestyle is false. So, that doesnt…

The work of Leo Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilyich portrays the rich society and their characteristics and through the characters, he represents these bad characteristics to show as the bourgeoisie lived completely different than the proletarian s life. The Ivans friends were members of the bourgeoisie, with this example we can understand as the…

In the text The Death of Ivan Ilych, presents parts that reflect society in people’s lives, in addition to reporting the culture. The culture of the novella is showed capitalism and the peoples liked only money and status. One example about this in the novella is:Well, he’s dead but I’m alive. According this part, we…