QUOTES
For this post, I am going to focus on the following 2 pieces of literature: The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Hedda Gabler. I will not compare and contrast them, I just want to look into 2 different quotes that I believe to be most important.
1. The Death of Ivan Ilyich– “Ivan Ilyich’s life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible” (746). As mentioned in a previous post, this line to open up part 2 of the story is extremely impactful. It shows us how the way he lived, which was being in the middle class, made him unhappy. In my opinion, this line comes right after being introduced into the characters lives, how they lived, etc. Therefore, by understanding how each middle class man was similar and wanted the same things, it lets us know that everyone was unhappy as well.
2. Hedda Gabler– “People just don’t act that way” (838). This last line of the story really just sums up the entire piece. This was said by the judge once he found out that Hedda took her own life. In my opinion it shows that no matter what she did she was not accepted by the people around her because of society. This to me explains her manipulation and frustration throughout the entire piece.
The reason for these 2 quotes is because I think they are the most important lines in each respective piece. Each line basically just sums up the entire piece into 1 line.