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The conflict between Ivan and his wife, Praskovya, leads to much of Ivan's unhappiness in his life. The two of them never really think about the other's feelings, and they often argue over little things, which causes Ivan to grow more irritated. Praskovya is not the best wife as she had few feelings of sorrow for Ivan because she, too, was materialistic, and does not have strong feelings.

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This portrays the conflict that Ivan Ilyich has regarding his looming death. At first when he fell off the ladder he acted as if he was fine. Later, when the doctors come to see him, though, he starts to get worried about his condition and realizes that he is indeed going to die. This terminal illness stays the main conflict throughout the novella as Ivan has to learn to deal with it and accept that death is coming.

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This shows the internal conflict Ivan has before his death. He is concerned about having lived the wrong life and not the right one after he starts to pay attention to Gerasim and the way he acts compared to Ivan's other friends. He realizes that he has been focusing on the wrong things in life, not the moments, and he is going to try and make things better before his death.

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Ivan is exemplified here by his desire to follow society's norms and the higher social classes. He shows that he conforms to society in a way that makes him appear a better choice for a promotion to the higher classes. He does not have his own set of values or morals, instead, he blindly follows society and the higher classes, until he becomes terminally ill.

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Ivan Ilych shows change here as he gets closer to his death and he starts to feel sad for himself, and mad that the other people do not understand his situation. He turns into someone who wants the attention and understanding during his suffering, which is different from his previous self who did not want any feelings.

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This emphasizes how Ivan does not really feel emotion until later in his sickness when he is near death and starts to wonder about his moral life. All his life he has not showed much feeling and he just focuses n things, which is shown here when he does not recognize that his friend is upset.

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This quote shows the main theme that death is inevitable. After having lived a relatively easy life, and then getting injured, Ivan realizes that he will die at some point. His friends and others around him still do not think in this way, but he knows that this pain and suffering will lead to death, and he is starting to just accept it as what it is.

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Toward the end of the novella, Ivan starts to think about Gerasim, and his mental suffering. From this he asks himself if what he had not been doing was the right thing all along. What if the higher classes were wrong? He started to travel outside the materialistic view of life, and start to realize that there is more to life than possessions. He admired Gerasim for that, and now he is finally breaking from society to live a good life, not a wrong one.

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Throughout his life, Ivan looked for what made him happy, and he found his pleasures in different things throughout his day. His happiness at work and in his social life was different than the others, and he did not find happiness in his home due to his wife, but he found the most pleasure in playing cards. He used this to take his mind off of his suffering during the time leading up to his death.

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After Ivan sets his life as good, he is no longer afraid of death. He must act in a way that causes his family and friends not to suffer because of his illness, which immediately eases the pain because god now knows that Ivan has set his life right and has released him from the agony. Still, Ivan finds joy in death because it is no longer death, but light, and he is happy as it ends.

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Ivan Ilyich had lived hie entire life as what he thought it should be. He followed in the footsteps of everyone else, and never did anything of his own accord. This led to his being told that he lived the wrong life, but could still be set right. This part demonstrates Ivan's spiritual freedom, and the breaking from conformity as he sees the light and tries to make good.

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This aspect of the resolution is all about Ivan's physical pain and suffering in the days leading up to his passing. It shows just how much he endured throughout the entire book and makes it seem as though death would be a welcome release from the suffering. During this time, Ivan looks back over his life and realizes that it was the wrong life and that he should try and fix it.

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In this case, Ivan does not appreciate the lies that the doctors tell him to make him feel better and more optimistic. He knows that his life is over and that there is nothing that can be done, yet the doctors do not say anything to that nature. This is just like today when people try to avoid bad news, especially concerning life-or-death situations. Many times, doctors will try to lessen the worry by saying everything will be alright or that some medicine will fix it when they know it is not true.

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This is an example of verisimilitude in that it shows how every guy who ever lived wants to be thought of as tough and strong. When Ivan falls off the ladder, he downplays the injury and says it is just a bruise, even though he knows it hurts more than that. In many situations, when a guy is asked if he is 'ok' after it looks like he got hurt, his response will be that he is fine. This is a humorous example of verisimilitude that definitely applies to guys today.

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This highlights the potentially awkward situations when someone has a terminal illness and is going to die soon. No one in the room really wants to talk about it, and they try to talk about a different topic and take the focus away from it, but the situation just ends up getting worse. Here, Ivan's wife and daughter come in the room, but they do not say anything because they do not want to talk about the sensitive subject.

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The black sack that is mentioned in this story symbolizes death, and the inevitability of death, as Ivan is being dragged further down into the sack as his condition worsens. Even as he goes further in, he does not touch the bottom because he is not yet dead, but it is sure to happen since his condition keeps getting worse and he moves closer to the bottom of the sack and his death.

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The ladder that Ivan slips from symbolizes the rungs of society. It shows that Ivan moves up through society and gets promoted, but then it also shows his final fall. Because his life is so normal, Ivan follows the same pattern as everyone else, and this normality leads to his falling. Falling off the ladder represents his fall from social classes as he ails, and eventually dies due to his wanting to be a higher class and be better.

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Ivan is considered the 'Phoenix of the family,' which suggests that he will rise up and beat his illness, which he does. The phoenix symbolizes Ivan's rise in society and his overcoming his physical suffering, and seeing the light inside of death.

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This quote stood out as showing the character of the people in this book. It shows that when Ivan dies, the first thing in everyone's mind is about money and themselves rather than the widow and family. This shows the materialistic aspect of the characters and how society has left them to all act the same and care about the money rather than the death.

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Most characters in this book, including Ivan, are materialistic, and only care about the things in life. Gerasim is the one exception, and Ivan starts to realize that Gerasim does not live the same way he does, but that he understands and has feelings of sorrow for Ivan. Gerasim is the goodness that shines through in times of suffering for Ivan, and he starts to take advantage of the kindness, saying that he was only comfortable with Gerasim.