Shakespeare proposes an implied reference to a significant event that happens in his novel. In Hamlet, he allows the readers to imagine how death would eventually eat up everyone. It is a story that surrounds about a person's guilt.
It is probably C since it starts off with a conjunction
In short, Tolstoy is critical of the way Russian society and its people are detached from one another.
To those around him, the fact that he is dying is just bothersome, as they need to actually pay attention to him and care for him as he cannot do that himself. Ivan's only comfort is Gerasim who actually understands him and empathizes with Ivan and his difficult situation. He is showing humanity that others don't.