From Social Persona to Inner Self: The Collapse of False Identity in Ivan Ilyich

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy is exploration of life, death, and the identity crisis stirred by moral outrage. Discourse of human essence, the hollowness of social convention, and the existential awakening brought on by the proximity of death. This paper explores the psychological and philosophical transformation of Ivan Ilyich, as he transitions from a borrowed life to the raw realization of his finite being

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2025-07-25
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16422298
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Vladimir Nabokov Literary Studies
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From Social Persona to Inner Self: The Collapse of False Identity in Ivan Ilyich

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Vladimir Nabokov Literary Studies
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From Social Persona to Inner Self: The Collapse of False Identity in Ivan Ilyich

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Abstract

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy is exploration of life, death, and the identity crisis stirred by moral outrage. Discourse of human essence, the hollowness of social convention, and the existential awakening brought on by the proximity of death. This paper explores the psychological and philosophical transformation of Ivan Ilyich, as he transitions from a borrowed life to the raw realization of his finite being

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