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Which two sentences in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich show Ivan Ilyich's struggle with his life and his inability to let go of his past?
For three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force. He struggled as a man condemned to death struggles in the hands of the executioner, knowing that he cannot save himself. And every moment he felt that despite all his efforts he was drawing nearer and nearer to what terrified him. He felt that his agony was due to his being thrust into that black hole and still more to his not being able to get right into it. He was hindered from getting into it by his conviction that his life had been a good one. That very justification of his life held him fast and prevented his moving forward, and it caused him most torment of all.
Suddenly some force struck him in the chest and side, making it still harder to breathe, and he fell through the hole and there at the bottom was a light. What had happened to him was like the sensation one sometimes experiences in a railway carriage when one thinks one is going backwards while one is really going forwards and suddenly becomes aware of the real direction.
"Yes, it was not the right thing," he said to himself, "but that's no matter. It can be done. But what is the right thing? he asked himself, and suddenly grew quiet.
Answer: No, I don't think it's unrealistic or overly romantic because, you know, we get movies like Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey... so this one's a lot more realistic and, well, healthier.
Explanation: This is a true love story: a story of two very flawed humans learning to forsake their own wills, to facilitate the good of the other, because they first and foremost love goodness. Their love story is reasonable and yet transcends reason. It is made up of the deepest stuff of human existence: something deeper than feeling and thought; emotions and logic puzzles—it is made up of the will. Elizabeth lets virtue guide the choices she makes; and the result is not a happy ending, but a joyful beginning.
Hope this makes sense. :)
