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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the protagonists of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy and Fences by August Wilson. ...

exorbitant fees for consulting them. Thus, Tolstoy is indicating that materialism diverts the true calling of the professional, su...

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

In five pages this paper examines how the characters of Emma Bovary and Ivan Ilych struggle to give their lives in decline meaning...

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...

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

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

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

of their husband and friend. Tolstoy wrote of Ivan and his co-workers, "He had been ill for some weeks with an illness said to be...

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

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

playing at work is also a reasonable contention: there is, as he says, enough productive physical work available within a communit...

to them" (Rowe, 3). Intensely shy, he was nonetheless intensely sexual, and this was to present problems for him for the rest of h...

In 4 pages this paper examines how life's meaning is conveyed through physical and spiritual changes in a contrasting of these two...

on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a sig...

the woman to his commander, but withdraws from the battlefield, refusing to fight in retaliation for the humiliation imposed upon ...

to assist him in his most basic needs, provides the kind of care and understanding required by the dying and increasingly isolated...

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

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

The choices which Anna and Vronsky make are disastrous for both. Through these choices, however, Anna will come to recognize the ...

Levin fears the worst, but both Kitty and their son are safe. At that moment, Levin undergoes an epiphany of understanding and rea...

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of true and false values in the play Death of a Salesman. The writer argues that Willy Lom...

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

into the Constitution, thus making it impossible to legislate against virtually anything-"doctor-assisted suicide? Or drug use? Or...

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

the wealthy. Many were secretly considering an end to Tsarist rule. A small attempt at revolution by the Decemberists sought to de...

In eight pages this paper compares the approaches to civil disobedience by Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy noting various differenc...

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

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