. I think that Ivan's epiphany was when he realized that the selflessness that he did was a better life than the wrong of the aristocracy. “The knowledge that he has wasted his life only intensifies Ivan’s suffering and further estranges him from his family. However, a sudden change occurs when Ivan feels himself pulled the black sack and emerges into a world of light” (Williams, Michael V.). Gabriel’s epiphany happens toward the end of “The Dead” in which he thinks about the fullness and the belief of death. Gabriel started to feel for his wife because he knew what she once had was love and he has never had that. “Generous tears filled Gabriel’s eyes. He had never felt like that himself towards any woman but he knew that such feeling must
