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that he considers its effect on the public to be morally bad (Jahn, 2000). Of course, in the typical connotation "bad art" is far ...

This 5 page paper examines some of the themes in Tolstoy's classic novel of love, betrayal, social ostracism and death....

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

one part of the dying process involves anger. However, in this case, Ivan is seemingly too extreme for his behavior to be explaine...

is always used and told what to do with no credit to his character. No one shows him kindness and yet Alyosha is still a good natu...

enjoys with any other friends and social acquaintances. Yet in virtually every social circumstance, Vronsky is there. He begins ...

face and bust, with no other activity taking place, as the background is very dark and inconsequential, it is clearly a portrait. ...

"a perfect bell, with a perfect pitch" calling worshipers to mass (11). On arriving in Canada, Father Gstir simply changes the loc...

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

and the American religious sect Society of Friends (Quakers), Tolstoy espoused nonviolence and strongly lobbied for the dissolutio...

given notice (Tolstoy 1). As this illustrates, this opening passage accomplishes several purposes. It immediately announces the ...

and Anna is propelled in the middle of a controversy. The passage noted provides a great deal of information that is rather unusua...

into the dissipations of Moscows high society, which he candidly recorded in his diary with vows to reform" (Anonymous About Leo T...

quite a bit about himself, he insists that he is lying. There is no point in this narrative in which the Underground Man becomes ...

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

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

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

This paper examines the themes of death in Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and Miller's, The Death of a Salesman. This five p...

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

then the damage to his children had been done. And, perhaps the only hope for them was to arrive at the sense of enlightenment tha...

in his way. For Coreli, the obstacle is nationality versus love, duty to country and duty to mankind. For Levi, it was duty to fai...

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