The article includes an allusion to a movie, Arachnophobia. Another popular movie about a spider is Charlotte’s Web. In this movie, a little girl named Fern strikes a friendship with Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider. Would an allusion to this book have a similar effect in the article? Explain why or why not.

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 i 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. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death