Leo tolstoy-a great humanist
Leo Tolstoy was a great humanist. Evolution of human character was a subject of hisThe main personage of the story "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is ordinary official whoconduct his life according to a strict social code, never deviating from what was rule dby society, by his pleasure, by materialistic motives, but never by conscience. Hiscontact with his wife and children was limited and shallow because he didn't findpleasure in this. His life satisfied h
He understood that his life was meaningless. This moral transformation makes real end of his unreallife. As hisillness progressed, Ivan Ilyich felt increasingly the need to be loved. This metaphor servesas image of physical death and spiritual rebirth. After the accident which starts his long dyingIvan Ilyich realized that his life, though he has been successful and has always done theproper things, is all false. His death gave birth to newconsciousness. Only in front ofdeath he knew what real feeling is. He suddenly perceived that man's essential life belongs to the spirit andwell-being is achieved through loving of people. He asked forgiveness of his family forhis sins and welcomed death. im when he was healthy, but when he faced withdeath his loneliness overwhelmed him. He understood that hisnotion about his decent and helpfulness was just illusion. His moral misery was worse than physical. He felt as if he were beingsqueezed down into a black hole and there at the bottom was light.
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