The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot. The poem is divided into five parts: "The Burial of the Dead," "A Game of Chess," "The Fire Sermon," "Death by Water" and "What the Thunder Said." The poem switches voices and subject matters, tracing the legend of the Holy Grail, various prophesies, alluding to the Western canon, Augustine of Hippo and Buddhist texts. The poem is satirical, apocalyptic and philosophical.
T S Eliot writes very deliberately including just the right details and organizing the poem so that each phrase and section is arranged in the most effective way possible The following passage is from Eliots The Waste Land There is shadow under this red rock Come in under the shadow of this red rock And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you I will show you fear in a handful of dust 25 30 This passa
3 Describe interesting characterizations events techniques and ideas If you like a character or an idea explain what you like do the same for characters or ideas you dont like The Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most famous literary works of all time There are many main ideas and themes around this novel but nothing is well constructed than the implication of the American decay in the society of both people and life The use of imagery in this novel has captured the them
Not the Typical War Story The typical war story is most commonly about the courageous and brave actions of soldiers who defeated the enemy and returned home an unscathed hero However Erich Maria Remarque knows firsthand the harsh realities of war from serving in World War I In his novel All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque did not romanticize the war he depicted the physical mental and emotional hardships of the soldiers It is obvious that Remarque wrote this from an anti war perspective liv
A Look Inside The Hollow Men Eliot a master of the written craft carefully thought out each aspect of his 1925 poem The Hollow Men Many differences in interpretation exist for Eliots complex poetry One issue never debated is the extensive range of things to consider in his TS Eliots writing Because TS Eliot often intertwined his writing by having one piece relate to another The Hollow Men is sometimes considered a mere appendage to The Waste Land The Hollow Men however proves to have many offer
Life and Times of Michael K written by J M Coetzee and The Road by Cormac McCarthy have one main aspect in common which is the theme of war War is present in both books but it is applied in different ways In Life and Times of Michael K there is an actual civil war going on that is terrorizing the society while in The Road the war is mainly about people against people Although different in type most of the effects that occur on the society are the same The protagonists in the two books are mostl
Eliots Journey Journey of the Magi is a dramatic monologue dealing with a mans death and reincarnation in his religious belief T S Elliot fulfills one of the requirements of a dramatic monologue by using a singular speaker He uses one of the magi in order to accomplish this task of portraying his speech and thought By expressing a point of view through the use of a character Eliot fulfills another requirement of a dramatic monologue Some scholars argue this as a free verse poem bearing no resem
The first section of The Waste Land takes its title from a line in the Anglican burial service It is made up of four vignettes each seemingly from the perspective of a different speaker The first is an autobiographical snippet from the childhood of an aristocratic woman in which she recalls sledding and claims that she is German not Russian this would be important if the woman is meant to be a member of the recently defeated Austrian imperial family The woman mixes a meditation on the seasons w