The book, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, shows the influence of Realism and Romantic thought through its author, Leo Tolstoy. The illusion of reality and the roles marriages play in society at this time were the main themes of the book. Ivan Ilyich uses the aspect of realism and romantic thought effectively in this book. The author Leo Tolstoy uses the character Ivan Ilyich to demonstrate how societal pressures often lead people to marry for …
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…reader felt that they were actually in the story was when Ivan asked to talk to Gerasim because you knew it made him feel better. Sometimes even reading what Ivan's wife did to him made the reader feel as if she were a bad person. This was true because Ivan did not really marry her for love, but he did it because that was what a person like of his class was supposed to do.