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Liza is Ivan Ilyich and Praskovya’s daughter. A young woman, she takes after her parents in that she highly values her reputation and works hard to maintain her social status. To that end, she starts seeing a young man named Petrishchev, who is the son of an examining magistrate. This delights her parents, who encourage this relationship because they want Petrishchev to ask for Liza’s hand in marriage. However, when Ivan becomes sick, he resents how much Liza cares about life as a socialite, and he begins to dislike Petrishchev, who does eventually propose to Liza. Noticing her father’s bitterness, Liza confides in her mother by saying that, though she feels sorry for Ivan, she wishes he weren’t such a burden on their lives.
Liza Quotes in The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The The Death of Ivan Ilyich quotes below are all either spoken by Liza or refer to Liza. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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He could see that the awful, terrible act of his dying had been reduced by those around him to the level of an unpleasant incident, something rather indecent (as if they were dealing with someone who had come into the drawing-room and let off a bad smell), and this was done by exploiting the very sense of ‘decency’ that he had been observing all his life. He could see that no one had any pity for him because no one had the slightest desire to understand his situation.
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Liza Quotes in The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The The Death of Ivan Ilyich quotes below are all either spoken by Liza or refer to Liza. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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He could see that the awful, terrible act of his dying had been reduced by those around him to the level of an unpleasant incident, something rather indecent (as if they were dealing with someone who had come into the drawing-room and let off a bad smell), and this was done by exploiting the very sense of ‘decency’ that he had been observing all his life. He could see that no one had any pity for him because no one had the slightest desire to understand his situation.
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