Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina, upon its release received a mix critical reception, with Russian critics either condemning or applauding the novel primarily on its views of Russian society. ... Critics tend to miss the role that the theme of life and death plays in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. ... (Tolstoy,p.816) Tolstoy cleverly uses the themes of life and especially death beneath the other themes in an intricate structure. ... There are aspects of each character that can be accredited to Tolstoy himself, and this provides the reader with a chance to see the d...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Leo Tolstoy's novel, The Death of Ivan Illyich, is a novel which creates both a modern and traditional atmosphere. ... The modern part of Tolstoy's writing begins as he writes in the way that every man has to live for him and not for others too. ... Tolstoy writes, "Instead of death, there was light" (133). ... Instead of justice being served, as Austen would have written it, Tolstoy ends his character's life. Overall, Tolstoy's style help contribute to the rise of modernization. ...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Tolstoy explains that Anna has numerous dresses of different colors and each serves its own purpose. ... In addition, Tolstoy gives Anna a sleek, black dress. ... Another example Tolstoy conveys to the reader is in Part V Chapter 2 when Kitty is selecting a dress for herself. ... Like Tolstoy, Marquez portrays that there is another side to all the purity that people have and that side is sin. ... Through the works of Gabriel Marquez and Leo Tolstoy, respectively, one can see the produced effect of using cloth to represent societal values. ...

• Word Count: 1064
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In his novel Leo Tolstoy's main character has an inconsistent personality. When first mentioned in the novel, Anna is a confident woman that seems as though she is content with her love life. As the story progresses, Anna's inner passion causes her to become jealous, deceitful, and devious. When V...

• Word Count: 589
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Death of Ivan Ilych In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych, some of the most significant events in the novel are mental and psychological. As Ivan Ilych gradually approaches his death, Tolstoy details Ivan's perspective of the time. ...

• Word Count: 578
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Russian, Leo Tolstoy in his monumental novel War and Peace showed war not as a romantic adventure but as a vast confusion of misery and death The subject mater of much romantic literature and art had little to do with the lives of ordinary people. ...

• Word Count: 449
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

An Analysis of Interactions of the Male Figures with the Heroines of Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary In everyday life, a person's character is revealed not only by himself but also by the way that he or she treats others. In Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, both heroines are introduced as strong ...

• Word Count: 1461
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As soon as she learned how to read, it became one of her favorite things to do; she read the works of great authors such as Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, and Gustave Flaubert, who all impressed her in different ways. ...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate