Russian Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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A Book Report on Leo Tolstoy’s Novel Anna Karenina (1052 words, 2 pages)

Anna Karenina, a direct and truthful transcript of life in Russia in the early 1800's,like most of Tolstoy's other novels, were written for the enjoyment and diversion of the very type of people about whom he writes those so rich that they had way too much time on their hands ... Read More

The Life and Message of Leo Tolstoy (953 words, 2 pages)

Tolstoy and his Message Leo Tolstoy is one of the greatest writers of the last two hundred years. His novels tend to convey an insight on life whether it be about suffering, death, religion, art, or education. Tolstoy was a man with many strong beliefs, and one must understand these ... Read More

The Life and Religion of Leo Tolstoy (327 words, 1 pages)

Tolstoy's religion can be divided into two parts pre and post conversion. He was baptized into a life of privilege and wealth in Czarist Russia. Since "The Death of Ivan Illych" was written in post conversion we decided to use his own words to describe pre-conversion. In his 1884 book ... Read More

A Summary of the Short Story, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (696 words, 1 pages)

The Death of Ivan Ilych A Modern Tale In the short story The Death of Ivan Ilych, written by Leo Tolstoy, the reader meets Ivan Ilych. Ivan leads a shallow life, never venturing outside his societal boundaries. Ivan is an unfeeling attorney who treats people of lower station with kindly ... Read More

An Analysis of Raskolnikov Character in Crime and Punishment by Leo Tolstoy (355 words, 1 pages)

After reading Crime and Punishment, I reflected on many aspects of the text content, symbolism, and questions that were left marked in my mind. One of the most fascinating aspects for me, as a reader, was simply the plot. From the first page, I was drawn into Raskolnikovs world, and ... Read More

An Analysis of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (536 words, 1 pages)

The meaning of "it" is very complex in the story "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. The character that gives this word meaning is called Ivan llyich. Ivan llyich was a Russian judge and he realizes "it" when he became ill. When Ivan Ilyich was becoming sick, many ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (426 words, 1 pages)

Anna Karenina-Leo Tolstoy It had grown quite dark and to the south, where he was looking, there were no longer any clouds. The clouds had passed over in the opposite direction. From there came flashes of lightning and the sound of distant thunder. Levin listened to the regular dripping of ... Read More

The Manipulations of Societies in the Short Story, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (1120 words, 2 pages)

Societies Creations Leo Tolstoi the author of the short story "The Death of Ivan Ilych" was born into wealthy family in Russia. Tolstoi became tired of going to school and bettering himself so he dropped out of Kazan University. Despite societies pressures he opened up a school for lower class ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (816 words, 2 pages)

War and Peace one of the greatest novels in the world, written by giant of Russian literature count Leo Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy, the son of Count Nicholas Tolstoy, was born in 1828 at the family estate Yasnaya Polyana about 100 miles south of Moscow. His greatest novel War and Peace ... Read More

An Analysis of Social Conflicts in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1371 words, 5 pages)

Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina, upon its release received a mix critical reception, with Russian critics either condemning or applauding the novel primarily on its views of Russian society. Thematically, the novel parallels its heroine's, Anna Karenina, moral and social conflicts with Constantin Levin's internal struggle to find ... Read More

An Analysis of Infidelity in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (480 words, 1 pages)

Stepan Oblonsky's wife Dolly had discovered that her husband was having an affair. With her beauty fading and her household a wreck, she had had enough. Stepan fretfully wrote to his sister, Anna Karenina, asking her to come to Moscow and convince Dolly not to leave him. Later, while working ... Read More

A Transcript of Life in Russia by Leo Tolstoy in Anna Karenina (1068 words, 2 pages)

Anna Karenina, a direct and truthful transcript of life in Russia in the early 1800's,like most of Tolstoy's other novels, were written for the enjoyment and diversion of the very type of people about whom he writes those so rich that they had way too much time on their hands ... Read More

Man’s Attitude and Position in Life in The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (574 words, 1 pages)

"The Death of Ivan Ilych" is Leo Tolstoys assertion of mans attitude and position in life. In an attempt to teach society the fallacy of propriety (conforming to society), he created this melancholy tale of the life and death of Ivan Ilych. A man whose main goal in life is ... Read More

A Brief Summary of Leo Tolstoy’s “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” and Its Strengths and Weaknesses (470 words, 1 pages)

The authors purpose of writing How Much Land Does a Man Need? is to show us that we need to set definite boundaries on our own greediness. It shows us in an entertaining way, that if we are not careful are greediness and lack of self-discipline may end up killing ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel and the Characters in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1734 words, 3 pages)

Life can be said to be liken to a journey which we all are a participant traveling from one point to another. The novel "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy follows the lives of many characters on their journey. The "hero" of the novel Constantine Dmtrich Kstya Lvin is the voice ... Read More

Finding the Meaning of Life in the Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (921 words, 1 pages)

There are themes in life that everyone goes through at one point or another. These universal themes, however, are experienced in different orders. As in In the Name of the Father, sometimes it takes the death of a loved one to bring meaning to one's life. In the case of ... Read More

The Themes of War and Peace in the Book War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1328 words, 2 pages)

In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire had reached it's golden age the arts and sciences flourished, and metropolitan aristocracy came to resemble that of the French court under King Louis XV or perhaps that of the Antebellum South in the United States. In this social system, the prodigal sons ... Read More

An Analysis of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (825 words, 1 pages)

In every culture there is a supposed "right" way to live. In "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", Ivan Ilyich from the start chooses to take the path laid out for him especially the easiest and simplest. Ivan has to make choices in terms of his job and marriage. These choices ... Read More

An Analysis of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (981 words, 2 pages)

"Anna Karenina", a Russian novel written by Leo Tolstoy, provokes the world of marriage, family, and adultery with its first line, "All happy families are alike each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." This provocative quote reflects on how the two families, the Oblonskys and Karenins, in the ... Read More

An Analysis of the novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1785 words, 2 pages)

The question of judgment and sympathies in Anna Karenina is one that, every time I have read the novel, seems to become more complicated and slung with obfuscation. The basic problem with locating the voice of judgment is that throughout the novel, there are places where we feel less than ... Read More

The Theme of Grief in Anton Chekhov’s Stories (2216 words, 4 pages)

Chekhovs Use of Grief What is the fascination with grief and suffering that caused Anton Chekhov to entwine these two sad emotional states into everything he wrote? Reading Anton Chekhovs stories, one feels oneself in a melancholy state. Everything is strange, sharp, lonely, motionless, helpless (Nebraska 1). Further, according to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters of “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy (1994 words, 3 pages)

In Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina", the characters of Levin and Anna are devoured by their doubts and their inability to derive meaning from their lives. Their means of dealing with this existential doubt differ, however. Where Anna sees her life as a novel, a structured series of events that has ... Read More

A Review of the Novel “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy (1244 words, 2 pages)

Tolstoy wrote, in What is Art? If a man is infected by the authors condition of soul, if he feels this emotion and this union with others, then the object which has effected this is art but if there be no such infection, if there be not this union with ... Read More

An Analysis of the War with Napoleon In “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy (1256 words, 2 pages)

War and Peace The famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in 1865. It is a story about the lives of the Russian royal family from 1805 to 1815. This book depicts things and events that happened during the war. The novel describes the war with Napoleon in ... Read More

The Character of Alyosha in Alyosha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy (481 words, 1 pages)

Tolstoy creates characteristics of an honest, meek, and obedient character in Alyosha the Pot. Alyosha the Pot was being very obedient as he gained an astounding reward through his life although there were obstacles in the way. Alyosha learned how to tend for himself and by showing respect to his ... Read More

The Turning Point in a Man’s Life in the Death of Ivan Llych by Leo Tolstoy (628 words, 1 pages)

When reading a piece of literature, a protagonist can often times make a discovery which can make the protagonist view life in a different way. This happens with Ivan Ilych, the protagonist in the short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Upon making a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters and Ideas in The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (1277 words, 2 pages)

The Death of Ivan Illych The short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych", written by Leo Tolstoy, is about the reactions of a man and his friends to his suffering and death. Everyone who knows Ivan including Ivan himself has led a life of total disconcern for the feelings and ... Read More

Phantom’s Downfall in How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy (678 words, 1 pages)

In How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy, possession of material goods can lead to ones downfall and even death is shown. The story opens upon two sisters debating on whom has the better life arrangement. The sister who is the wife of a peasant, Pahom, declares ... Read More

The Influence of Realism on the Author in the Novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (869 words, 1 pages)

The novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, shows the influence of Realism on its author. Leo Tolstoy. The illusion of reality, the main theme of the novella, is an aspect of Realism that Tolstoy effectively used in this novella. Other attitudes of Realism that were used by Tolstoy were the ... Read More

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: Anna as a Nitzschean Superman (3568 words, 5 pages)

Anna Karenina as a Nietzschean Superman Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina almost fifty years before Nietzsche described his philosophy of the Superman. Readers, however, can easily apply the descriptive framework of Nietzsches theory of the Superman to Anna in Tolstoys Anna Karenina. Anna displays an overwhelming amount of characteristics that Nietzsche ... Read More

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