Ya I was about to say that but was not sure the battle of plassey
This excerpt portrays Gerasim and Praskovya as foil characters in that Both Gerasim and Praskovya Fedorovna want Ivan to beat his disease and survive, but only Gerasim cares about Ivan Ilyich's happiness.
This comes across in the text, because Gerasim seems to just want to keep Ivan happy, whereas Praskovya wants to make him better, but wants to do so in her own way, whether or not it is what he wants.
Answer:

Explanation:
A question tag is used at the end of statements to ask for confirmation.
“They didn’t fail the examination, <u>did they?</u>”
The question tag used here is “did they?”.
What do u mean by figurative language??
Similies- contain the words like or as
Ex: the yellow t-shirt was as bright as the sun
Metaphors- a comparison in which one thing is said to be another
Ex: she is a walking dictionary
(in this example they are comparing a girl and a dictionary)
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