Gendered double standard What comes on your mind on hearing Samuel Johnson idea that nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature? Literature that endures the test of time, the literature that reflects on situations and characteristics that most of us share, that are common to people across boundaries of time and place. Lets find a sample of literary work which, as we feel, best exhibit this quality of being a just representation of general nature and the work, which seems to be least representative of common experience. Tolstoys Death of Ivan Ilych as a story that best exhibits this quality of being a “just representation of general nature” Moral and mental rebirth of an antagonist is the main idea of Tolstoys Death of Ivan Ilych. Tolstoys work is so amazing that it is very difficult to write an essay about it. This novel captivates by its inner harmony, strikes by symmetry of parts and seems to be an embodiment of just representation of general nature. It forces you to feel the difference between life and death, simplicity and naivety, noble restraint and anemia, style and stylization, mirth and revelry The reality is quite simple, but beautiful. Tolstoy demonstrates it skillfully. This approach to interpretation is quite interesting and quite close to my own understanding of Death of Ivan Ilych.
For example, Ivan Ilych is the most interesting due to aspects of his character. The story is based on contrasts between new representations of Ivan Ilych about life and the way his co-workers and family understand life (Magarshack, p.297).
The Term Paper on A Theme in the Story “the Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy
Danielle Brown A theme in the story “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilych” sows that caring about others is the only ay to become successful. In the world today, people are judged by what they wear and how they look instead of who they are. Ivan decided to marry Praskovya because she fell in love with him. Ivan did not care about the church or religion; ...
Ivan Ilych finds out how useless his life was when he followed and obeyed rules and habits, guided by people belonging to his social circle. When you read the story, it seems you live and die with the character. You can feel his emotions when Ivan Ilych realized that he was lost, that there was no return, that the end had come, the very end, and his doubts were still unsolved and remained doubts (Tolstoy,.ch. XII).
He embodies an amazing mix of despair and passion. Just read these words, – they embody the sense of the whole novel: For three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force. He struggled as a man condemned to death struggles in the hands of the executioner, knowing that he cannot save himself. And every moment he felt that despite all his efforts he was drawing nearer and nearer to what terrified him. he felt that his agony was due to his being thrust into that black hole and still more to his not being able to get right into it (Tolstoy,.ch. XII).
Tolstoy uses excellent word expressions: black sack, thrust into that black hole, he was lost, no return, the end had come Dont they remind you Maeterlincks l’intruse? The novel is full of hidden sense.
I think, the Death of Ivan Ilych stays true to ideas of existentialism, as well as it is consistent with the way Tolstoy presents it. Why do we like the Tolstoys Death of Ivan Ilych? What increased awareness did we take away from reading the novel? Ive read an endless number of other literary works before Tolstoys Death of Ivan Ilych. However, this novel doesnt get on our case, and amazes the soul by its majesty. It has a charm of its own Probably, you will never find here new ideas or features in interpretation but you will be fascinated by its unusual elegance and representations of eternal ideas that are common to people across boundaries of time and place. The writer transfers classical plotline into a different epoque and brings text, plot and characters closer to public. I would say it is his trade mark. When you read this novel, you can forget about everything.
The Research paper on Edgar Allan Poe Life Death Stories
Every story that was conceived from the mind of Edgar Allan Poe contained a part of himself on each page. This left the reader with a better understanding of Poe's life. Through his stories and pomes Poe displayed his greatest achievements and his worst disappointments. In this research paper I will reveal facts about Poe's life and define hidden meanings throughout his works. Edgar Allan Poe was ...
Tolstoy worries about life rather than tradition. He always focuses attention on the plot and tells us different stories: joyous, sad, tragic You can be sure that the characters act as if they live and love. It makes me look not only at the characters and language of novel differently, but all Tolstoys works in general. Poe’s Tale Tell Heart as a story that seems to be least representative of common experience Edgar Allan Poe is a well-known founder of so-called genre horror novel. Some critics claim that nightmares, which pursue Poes main characters, fully reflect the death idee fixe of Poe. Tale Tell Heart story is, to some extent, the peculiar examination of human psycho on the verge of insanity.
Edgar Allan Poe tried to implement his literary concept concerning the structure of short stories and Tale Tell Heart is one of a hundred of such stories. Tale Tell Heart is least representative of common experience; it lacks typicality and represents a chain of fears. Poe praised and adored the dead, the aeriform, the cold and the unbodied (Robinson, p.370).
It seems that Poe preferred to live dead. Tale Tell Heart shows us the life, which is changed by death. This odd combination makes us feel that life turns to death, but the death is life.
There, beyond the life, he introduces us not to eternal and lofty ideals but to sufferings of dead, deprived of light to collapse and decay to the triumph of chaos and demon to the triumph of worms. Hardly Tale Tell Heart can represent the example of common experience. The writer has no equal in ability to portray the situation and atmosphere that contribute to an unexplained fear and feeling of insanity. Poe tries to give the impression of his main characters insanity. When the character denies his insanity, he confirms it: TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute.
I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How then am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story (Poe, n.p.)
The Term Paper on Drama Story Death Of A Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a play written by Arthur Miller. Basically, Miller was not a very prolific writer and Death of a Salesman had been his most famous work. At a certain point, this particular play could be regarded as a tragedy although not in the normal sense. What I mean when I said ‘tragedy though not in the normal sense” is that usually we associate tragedy from a person with a very high ...
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