Presentations on T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'

Presentations on T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'

• About ' The Waste land ' 
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•     In modern era epic poem was very famous. During that time T.S.Eliot written one of the modern epic poem " The Waste Land". This epic poem divided into different five parts like as,

1) The Burial Of the Dead ( 76 Lines )
2) A game of Chess ( 96 Lines )
3) The Fire Sermon ( 139 Lines )
4) Death by Water ( 10 lines )
5) What the thunder Said ( 113 Lines ) 

                                             " The Waste land " also represented the sexual perversion and spiritual degradation. This poem also difficult to understand because in the poem T.S.Eliot used various myths and  references with symbolic way. This poem presented writers stream of consciousness, first world war, industrialization, worried of atmosphere, globalization with Indian mythical ways.


.-1 )  No, Eliot can not achieved universality of thought by recalling mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise. Yes, just because Eliot idea or thinking is wrong past can never answer to the present time problems.

When we see Nietzsche, Nietzsche finds the solution of present in future. If we go with Nietzsche's ideas we can get answers .

Que.:-2) Prior to the speech, Gustaf Hellström of the Swedish Academy made these remarks:
What are your views regarding these comments? Is it true that giving free vent to the repressed 'primitive instinct' lead us to happy and satisfied life? or do you agree with Eliot's view that 'salvation of man lies in the preservation of the cultural tradition'?

Ans.:-

                                                According to my opinion Free vent to the repressed primitive instinct will automatically leads towards anarchy. We don't create disorganization in the community and world.  Here in the epic poem I think Eliot has powerful ideas rather than Sigmund Freud. Another thing is that  We all are lives our lives with specific perspective, with discipline and with moral rituals. Although life became more appropriate and enjoyable. Thus here i don't agree with idea of Freud.

Que.:-3) Write about allusions to the Indian thoughts in 'The Waste Land'. (Where, How and Why are the Indian thoughts referred?)

Ans.:-

                                         ' The Waste Land ' poem was a combination of vivid languages and myths. So here I found  many references of the Indian ideas, river and story also like as,

• Buddha's Sermon :-

                                              When I read poem ' The Waste land ' into third part I found the one idea of 'Fire sermon and Buddha's sermon.  It presented liberation from suffering and peace of world.

• River & Mountain :-

        " Ganga was sunken...

          ...... Over Himavat."

                                             In this modern poem also Eliot used of Indian river and mountain like as Ganga & Himalaya. Here Ganga used for context of purgation and purification and Himalayas as a symbol of peace of mind and related with spirituality also. 

• Thunder :-

   " The jungle crouched.......

   .......Then spoke the thunder."

                                       In the poem Eliot used thunder's reference from Upanisad aand vedas. One reference was akashvani of Prajapati. May be it is used symbolically as solutions of all problems.

• Three " DA" :-

At the last part of the poem Eliot used three types of " Da ". 

Da- Datt   ( Devote )

                Da- Dayadhvam (  Sympathy )

            Da- Damyta ( Self Control )

                                             Here Eliot used three types of ' Da ' for gave different messages to the community. These are put solution of the all problem in front of the world. 

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