is referred to in the "s" sounds‚ which also end the phrase "profit and loss." The image of rising and falling appears again in line 316 as the body rises and falls beneath the sea‚ and this idea of rising and falling is linked now with the life cycle: As he rose and fell He passed the stages of his age and youth Entering the whirlpool (316-318). The idea here is reminiscent of the belief that a drowning person’s life passes before his or her eyes. Eliot presents an image of this
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Fragmentation and Coherence in The Waste Land T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is an intricate poem that is intentionally difficult to understand; it contains a myriad of allusions to other texts‚ it has a fragmented narrative structure‚ speaks in various languages and utilizes surreal imagery. These features‚ amongst others‚ contribute to the poem’s complexity. I wish to examine‚ in detail‚ how these features create or suppress meaning. In The Waste Land the reader is presented with a series of stanza’s
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The devastation left from WWI‚ the absence of hope and faith and the loss of values contributed to many authors’ feelings that the world lacked purpose. This is visible in literary works: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot. Modernism generally encompasses a variety of specific artistic and philosophical movements. The premodernist world is characterized by sense of order and stability‚ rooted in: morality‚ faith‚ collective
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the state of the world in Eliot’s day. The title of Part I‚ "The Burial of the Dead‚" is itself a significant figure of speech‚ also a metaphor‚ that establishes the central idea of the work. For Eliot‚ following World War I (1914-1918)‚ Earth itself was ravaged‚ torn and dead‚ "Lilacs out of the dead land ...." This figure of speech signifies that death resulting from WWI encompasses the dead who died in battle and the dead who still breath though dead inside from horror and from the loss of dead
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The poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Elliot is one that is full of literary devices that give the already deep piece of literature an entirely new depth when you look for them. The tone‚ plot‚ and overall theme of the story portrays a solemn and regretful lament of a man who has missed out on an integral part of his life‚ true love. J. Alfred Prufrock has coasted throughout his early life thinking he had plenty of time to do the things he hasn’t yet‚ found love and truly savored
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Christ the Redeemer in Eliot’s The Waste Land Although T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land may be about desolation‚ suffering‚ and exile‚ there is eternal hope. Eliot suggests that is a possibility of redemption in The Waste Land through Christ’s resurrection and kingdom. His offer of discipleship‚ His journey to Emmaus after His death‚ and His miracles all provide the characters of The Waste Land with salvation through Himself. Christ enters into the poem in the last stanzas of the poem as a redeemer
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some years was extremely small‚ consisting of little more in verse than two short pieces‚ “The Journey of the Magi” and “Ash Wednesday”. The Wasteland presented a disturbing vision of the state of the contemporary world‚ a vision of human society as Eliot saw it after the war: confused‚ dirty‚ barren in spirit and altogether horrible. The poem made a tremendous impact on the post-War generation‚ and is considered one of the most important documents of its age. The Wasteland is in many ways a compressed
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poetry has and will always be a valuable part of history; especially when dealing with an emotion as universal as love. Interpretation “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” by T.S. Eliot takes the reader on a depressing‚ timid‚ overcautious‚ middle-aged man. It could be said that he is afraid of his own shadow. Eliot begins the poem with a short excerpt from Dante’s epic poem; “Divine Comedy;” to suggest that Prufrock‚ like Count Guido is in hell. This is an example of allusion. While Count Guido
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The eye of the camera Lucy Walker‚ the director of Waste Land‚ focuses on the perspective of Vik Muniz using the camera lens as an artistic and metaphorical eye to represent his distance‚ understanding‚ and ignorance on the Wasteland. Scenes within this documentary‚ especially in the beginning and middle‚ the camera view is often mimicking the changes in perspective of what Waste Land has within Vik’s point of view. Often the camera shows Vik glancing at an object‚ immediately the camera switches
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T.S.Elliot is renowned for his notable poem ”The Waste Land”‚ which depicts people’s spiritual disillusion and loss of faith battered by World War I as a real waste land. As a modernist‚ Elliot has harnessed imagery to the point that those plenty images managed to convey the message of death‚ lust‚ rebirth‚ etc. Among those varying images involved in this classic masterpiece‚ the image of water has been deemed thought-provoking and‚ thus‚ attached to multiple versions of illustrations. I contend
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