The Death of Ivan Ilych How does Tolstoy set up Gerasim to be a foil to Praskovya Fedorovna in these two excerpts from The Death of Ivan Ilyich? How does Tolstoy set up Gerasim to be a foil to Praskovya Fedorovna in these two excerpts from The Death of Ivan Ilyich? Asked by ranasia g #782799 on 4/19/2018 5:34 PM Last updated by Aslan on 4/19/2018 6:18 PM