Duty, in a way, contributed to the shallowness and failure of Ivan's life. Not because duty in itself is bad, but because it has become Ivan's only preoccupation, apart from pleasant life. Tolstoy's negative view of duty is seen in the second half of this sentence: "he considered his duty all things that were so designated by people in authority". So, we are talking about duty as Ivan sees it, and Ivan sees it as it was designated by people in authority. That means, Ivan structures his life and his priorities according to the view of those above him. His only ambition is to try and climb the social ladder. When he fails to do it, he is disappointed and has to find another obsession - of course, materialistic one. And that is the decoration of his new house. That's when he falls down and injures himself - so, indirectly, his materialism has cost him his health and, ultimately, his life.
<span>The two prominent sounds that increases the tension in the story The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe are the revelers and the bells. The answer is letter A. It is a story which centers around the sin, death, madness and end of the world. It clearly depicts the horror and violence of the story base on how it is presented with death impersonating one of the people to slaughter them all.</span><span />
Answer:
3). Yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight does not reside in nature, but in man, or in a harmony of both.
Explanation:
'Nature' is one of the transcendentalist essays of Emerson. The philosophical insight that he reflects in the given selection would be 'the harmony existing between the human and nature.' This vision is reflected through the third statement most appropriately. He talks about this interrelation between nature and man produced by God that brings about unity among the two. He calls this harmony as the 'power to delight' that encourages us as the 'nature is painted by the spirit of our mood.'
