Author Question: By what virtues and abilities does Ivan rise through the ranks? While hecontinues to succeed in his ... (Read 617 times)

asmith134 · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

By what virtues and abilities does Ivan rise through the ranks? While hecontinues to succeed in his career, what happens to his marriage?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Would you call Ivan, when we first meet him, a religious man? Sum up hisgoals in life, his values, and his attitudes.

What will be an ideal response?

coyin · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ivan performs his official duties with exactitude and an incorruptible honesty (par. 61). He is decorous and rule-abiding, wields power objectively and does not abuse it (par. 65). As he succeeds in the world, his marriage deteriorates (par. 82), and it improves only when Ivan and his wife see little of each other (par. 98).

Answer to Question 2

Ivan seems a worldly, sensual man, able to minimize his feelings of guilt (par. 59). His life centers in the official world, and he believes it should flow agreeably and decorously (par. 82). His official pleasures lay in the gratification of his pride; his social pleasures lay in the gratification of his vanity (par. 108).