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By Nicole E. DiPaolo - September 23, 2004

Trapped in an Isolated Present: The First Chapter... Tedium Extraordinaire Separate and Alone: Alienation as a Central Theme... Ivan Ilych: Redemption in Mere Minutes With Clean Hands, In Clean Linen: A Reflection of... Life Lessons in The Death of Ivan Ilyich

In his novella The Death of Ivan Ilych, Count Leo Tolstoy offers readers a glimpse into the life and death of a socially ambitious Russian gentleman, Ivan Ilych. During the story, Ivan's character is revealed in several different ways: firstly, oddly enough, at his funeral, where the actions of his friends serve to portray Russian society as a…

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