Question

Which two lines in this excerpt from Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich demonstrate that Gerasim is a character foil to Ivan Ilyich?

Answer 1

Only Gerasim recognized it and pitied him.

Gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them.

Answer 2

Only Gerasim recognized it and pitied him.

Gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them.