I would say that the theme that Leo Tolstoy explores in this excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilyich is that C) human mortality is inevitable, and it is important to live an authentic life.
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To present facts, authors include descriptions of actual people, places, and events; depictions of the actions or behavior of individuals; and the dialogue of all the individuals in the memoir. To present opinions, authors use their own commentary or statements of belief and their own thoughts.
Answer:
Parallel Structure
Explanation:
He starts off the first two sentences with the same word; <em>neither</em>, and introduces a similar and continuing claim across the entire paragraph. He does the same with the rest of the sentences, such as the fourth sentence being a continuation of the third. Also, if you pay attention to the grammatical form within the paragraph, it creates a pattern. It essentially is a rhythm of speech that underscores two or more ideas that have the same importance to one another!
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A boy leads in the blind prophet Tiresias. Oedipus begs him to reveal who Laius’s murderer is, but Tiresias answers only that he knows the truth but wishes he did not. Puzzled at first, then angry, Oedipus insists that Tiresias tell Thebes what he knows. Provoked by the anger and insults of Oedipus, Tiresias begins to hint at his knowledge. Finally, when Oedipus furiously accuses Tiresias of the murder, Tiresias tells Oedipus that Oedipus himself is the curse. Oedipus dares Tiresias to say it again, and so Tiresias calls Oedipus the murderer. The king criticizes Tiresias’s powers wildly and insults his blindness, but Tiresias only responds that the insults will eventually be turned on Oedipus by all of Thebes. Driven into a fury by the accusation, Oedipus proceeds to concoct a story that Creon and Tiresias are conspiring to overthrow him.
