Waste Land is a documentary about finding beauty in things that people discard. Directed by Lucy Walker‚ the film follows Brazilian artist Vik Muniz who travels back to his home country from New York City to create artistic photographs shaped by using garbage that depicts the lives of the pickers who live in the largest landfill in the world. Located in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro‚ Jardim Gramacho is a landfill that holds 3‚000 garbage pickers‚ also knowns as catadores‚ who pick out recyclable
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Landscape in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot Although the full meaning within T. S. Eliot’s dense poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” proves difficult to grasp‚ the deep meaning packed into every word makes the pursuit to understanding this poem a never-ending adventure. Scenery in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” represents an intensely psychological account which should never‚ in any instance‚ by taken literally. The loss of time‚ the confusion of past‚ present
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T. S. Eliot‚ perhaps one of the most controversial poets of modern times‚ wrote what many critics consider the most controversial poem of all‚ The Waste Land. The Waste Land was written using a fragmented style. This is a style that is evident in all of Eliot"s writings. There are several reasons for his using this approach‚ from a feeling of being isolated‚ to a problem articulating thoughts (Bergonzi 18‚ Cuddy 13‚ Mack 1745‚ Martin 102). What influenced Eliot the most in writing poetry was a book
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How Far Does T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land Present a Realistic Picture of London After the First World War? Eliot’s 1922 poem The Waste Land is unarguably a poem about the decline of western civilization in general. It is for this reason that the reader would not expect to find many specific references to time and place. Surprisingly‚ however‚ there are a large number of particular references to London – though‚ interestingly‚ only one to the recently-concluded World War One: the demobilisation
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What according to T. S. Eliot‚ is ‘dissociation of sensibility’? What is his charge against Milton and Dryden in the essay on ‘The Metaphysical Poets’? Eliot’s theory of the ‘dissociation of sensibility’ may be said to be an attempt to find some kind of historical explanation to the dissolution of the tradition of unified sensibility which found its perfection in the writings of Dante and Shakespeare. The unified sensibility was a sensibility which was the product of a true synthesis of the individual
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English A1 HL Stanza Analyses Sir B September 30‚ 2010 T.S Eliot’s “The Waste Land” Madame Sosostris‚ famous clairvoyante‚ | | Had a bad cold‚ nevertheless | | Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe‚ | 45 | With a wicked pack of cards. Here‚ said she‚ | | Is your card‚ the drowned Phoenician Sailor‚ | | (Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!) | | Here is Belladonna‚ the Lady of the Rocks‚ | | The lady of situations. | 50 | Here is the man with three
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T.S. Eliot as a dramatist Introduction American-English poet‚ playwright‚ and critic‚ a leader of the modernist movement in literature. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. His most famous work is THE WASTE LAND‚ written when he was 34. On one level this highly complex poem descibes cultural and spiritual crisis. "The point of view which I am struggling to attack is perhaps related to the metaphysical theory of the substantial unity of the soul: for my meaning is
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Dangerous Trash Landfills in today’s society are our cheapest solution to ridding the land of everyday waste. Although‚ this is a convenient alternative to waste solution‚ it does provide substantial dangers to our environment and health. One of the greatest dangers we face today is the groundwater pollution from lacheates. While they are supposed to protect humans from harmful toxins‚ but these protective barriers only delay the inevitable due to natural deterioration. The problem with landfills
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From His Life to the Page T. S. Eliot’s work was greatly influenced by his life. There was a basic pattern in his works that corresponded with the events in his life. This pattern brought about many changes and phases in his poetry. Even Eliot’s attitude was reflected in his work. A quote from T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work states‚ " Eliot was a man with the highest standards in his poetry‚ his critisism‚ and his behavior to others." ( Spender 34). Perhaps much of this can be attributed to his
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to somehow change or improve society. The documentary‚ Waste Land‚ is directed by Lucy walker and features contemporary artist Vik Muniz‚ who is well known for creating art out of trash and recyclables. The film follows Muniz as he collaborates with five catadores (garbage pickers)‚ making portraits of them out of the garbage they pick from the Jardim Gramacho‚ one of the world’s largest waste dumps on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Waste Land is a film that reveals the power that art has in transforming
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