As usual in life, motives can be complicated. The theme of Ivan Illych marrying this woman because of her money and her social position is one possibility that he discusses (she comes from a "good" family and has some property). The other theme is that she is pretty and he fell in love with her and to some extent she complements his views on life. In choosing from the options, re the themes, I would say that a) conforming to social conventions and b) the necessity of companionshp should be the two main themes in this excerpt.
Not the last as apostrophes are not used for plurals, and the second sounds strange, so i believe it is the first.
I think its paradox because "the more things change, the more they stay the same" are two opposite things that actually make sense
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what............is the question.
