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Tolstoy: "After the Ball"

the physical setting and the Vasilievichs thoughts and emotions with exquisite clarity, though he doesnt tell us what Varinka is t...

Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Their Autobiographical Elements

at first but find increasing happiness and fulfillment as their relationship deepens over time. The desperation and despair of one...

Levin's View of the Future in Anna Karenina

are made. Levin believed that the sacred nature of all living things demanded that mankind re-vision the current belief to see ...

Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyich and Redemption

This essay pertains to the psychological journey that Tolstoy's protagonist undergoes and how he ultimately comes to the epiphany ...

Novels Featuring Russian Society and Culture

story we have "Yevgeny Vassilyitch Bazarov, a nihilistic young medical school graduate and Arkadys closest friend. Arrogant and ru...

Comparative Analysis of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” and Leo Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilych”

nearly twenty years without complaint. Should that not account for something? As his pain intensifies, Ivan Ilych begins feeling...

Living Well and Leo Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'

death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Death Perspectives of Leo Tolstoy and Dylan Thomas

This paper contrasts the death perspectives articulated by Dylan Thomas in the poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' with t...

Ivan Ilych

unpleasant an endeavor that they simply dispense with it as hastily as possible; they make small talk as effortless as eye-blinkin...

Leo Tolstoy and Franz Kafka

successful than Gregor and supported his family. But as his story develops he begins to envision how his life has been pointless, ...

Heroines in Literature and How They Have Evolved

than money and position, but in the end, it is the money and position which sentence her to the only action left to her. A woman c...

Life's Meaning in 'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In eight pages this paper analyzes Tolstoy's protagonist and considers how this short story explores the value and meaning of life...

Life, Moral Judgments, and 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this report examines whether or not Ivan's death represents a moral judgment resulting from his life in this classic...

'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In two pages the implications of the social treatment Tolstoy's protagonist received are discussed. There is no bibliography incl...

Recognition and Reversal in War by Luigi Pirandello and 'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

is no more deep than what lies beneath the layers of his skin -- an aspect of his personality that is readily recognized by all; i...

False Human Experience Analysis Represented by 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

In three and a half pages this paper argues that the criticism of this 1886 literary work by Leo Tolstoy that describes it as 'a p...

Importance of Supporting Characters in Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

In six pages this paper examines why the supporting characters in these novels are important. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

Life and Writings of Leo Tolstoy

problems for him for the rest of his life. At sixteen he entered the University of Kazan, intending to become a diplomat. He quic...

Characters from "On Golden Pond" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"

This research report examines various characters in each of these works. Both the film and novel are explored and Ivan in Tolstoy'...

Self Discovery Journeys in the Works of Higuchi Ichiyo, Leo Tolstoy, and Henrik Ibsen

him to commit suicide. Judge Brack discerns Heddas duplicity in Lovborgs downfall and insinuates that he will hold this over her. ...

Immortality: Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

point that immortality may not exist at all. The only true thing is suffering and pain and that people may well convince themselve...

Salvation in Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilych

of the regimen of behavior that is required to obtain and maintain a position on the upper rungs of the social ladder. Ivan does n...

Death of Ivan & Faust

child and is sentenced to death. As this indicates, Faust is plot driven. This contrasts sharply with Ivan Ilych, which mostly c...

Happiness, Compassion and Religion

study showed that the emotions of "loving-kindness and compassion" could be encouraged and learned as sixteen "age-matched contro...

The Concept of the Best Society

She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...

Statesmanship in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

victory, not a French one" (Bell 221). Undoubtedly, Tolstoys anger was also influenced by the fact that he had recently been fight...

U.S. Workforce and the Role of African American Women

In 3 pages this paper discusses how women's involvement in the U.S. labor force was profoundly influenced by the role of African A...

Theme of Vengeance The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

In seven pages the thematic representation of violence in these literary works is contrasted and compared. There is 1 source cite...

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy

of contrast, that it is freedom that makes the difference in a man, freedom and experience, not class or social status. Tolstoy p...