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

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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.

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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.

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