The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. Which statements show that Leo Tolstoy’s
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a realist text? a.the description of human struggles in the form of Ivan Ilyich’s suffering
b.the faithfulness of relationships that Ivan Ilyich experiences toward the end of his life
c.the romantic tension that occurs between Ivan Ilyich and his wife
d.the difference between superficial and authentic living
e.the plot ending with a surprising turn of events
Shakespeare uses Sonnet 18 to praise his beloved's beauty and describe all the ways in which their beauty is preferable to a summer day. The stability of love and its power to immortalize someone is the overarching theme of this poem.
