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How does the character of Gerasim help the protagonist to attain spiritual freedom in Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich?

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Gerasim has a sense of compassion for and empathy with fellow human beings and interacts with people in an authentic and reflective way and helps Ivan by being a spiritual and physical bridge for Ivan on his death bed.
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