Question

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich?

"When I am not, what will there be? There will be nothing. Then where shall be when I am no more? Can this be dying? No, I don't want to!" He
jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow.
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Ivan Ilyich's shallow lifestyle
Ivan Ilyich's troubled conscience
Ivan Ilyich's murky past
Ivan Ilyich's approaching death
C.
D

Answer 1

D

Explanation:

A candle dies out eventually, when it does so, the wick will jump with fire, because it is almost out, when the wick is completely gone, the fire will go out completely and the candle will be dead.