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THE WASTE LAND - Coggle Diagram
THE WASTE LAND
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THEMES AND MOTIFS
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IN THE FIRE SERMON PART THE NARRATOR IS THE BLIND TIRESIAS, THE ANCIENT GREEK PROPHET WHO WAS PUNISHED BECAUSE HE HAD SEPARATED TWO SNAKES IN LOVE
HE WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A WOMAN FOR SEVEN YEARS AND COULDN'T ESCAPE FROM HIS SUFFERINGS. HE NARRATES AND OBSERVES THE WASTE LAND AND CAN UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
ELIOT REFERS TO THE MYTH OF THE HOLY GRAIL AND WE CAN FIND THE MOTIFS OF PILGRIMAGE AND OF QUEST, FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF THE THAMES AS IT FLOWS TROUGH LONDON
THE THAMES IS FIRST ASSOCIATED WITH THE RHIME,, THE RIVER OF GERMAN MYTHOLOGY, AND FINALLY THE JOURNEY CONCLUDES WITH POWERFUL ALLUSIONS TO THE GANGES, THE SACRED RIVER OF INDIA
MODERNIST FEATURES
THE WASTE LAND PRESENTS AFFINITIES WITH OTHER IMPORTANT WORKS OF MODERNISM AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE
IT PORTRAYS MODERN LONDON AS A STERILE, WASTE LAND, AND EXPRESSES THE DEPRESSION AND CYNICISM OF THE POST-WAR PERIOD
THE MAIN DIFFICULT FOR THE READER IS TO WORK OUT A MEANING BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO BEGINNING AND NO END, THE CARACTHERS ARE NOT CLEARY DEFINED AND THE EVENTS CANNOT BE LOCATED AT A PARTICULAR PLACE
FRAGMENTATION AND JUXTAPOSITION ARE USED AND THE IMPRESSION ONE RECEIVES IS THAT OF A HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES
FROM THE BEGINNING IT'S POSSIBILE TO NOTE THE PRESENCE OF QUOTATIONS, REFERENCES TO MYTHS AND LEGENDS AND A SPECIAL USE OF LANGUAGE
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THE MYTHICAL METOD
ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FEATURES OF THE WASTE LAND IS THE WISH TO HIGHLIGHT THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE PAST TROUGH THE PARALLEL WITH THE SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS OF THE PRESENT
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