How do characters with dark pasts like criminals, assassins, and psychopaths increase the suspense of a story?

Arrange the events in ivan ilyich's life, which are described in chapters 1–4 of leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich, in chronological order. ivan ilyich becomes assistant public prosecutor, a position that he serves in for seven years. ivan ilyich meets zachar ivanovich in st. petersburg and receives a guaranteed appointment in the department of justice. ivan ilyich graduates from the school of law and qualifies for the tenth rank of the civil service. ivan ilyich becomes a public prosecutor and is transferred to another province. ivan ilyich is offered the post of examining magistrate in a russian province.

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?

Which point(s) of view do whitman's and coleridge's speaker use ?