T.S. Eliot was considered one of the most influential twentieth century poets in English literature. His poetry differs from most of the nineteenth and twentieth century poetry. T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men” is a classic example of the Modernist poetry because it contains themes of alienation‚ themes of death‚ and it rejects traditional writing style. Alienation is defined as emotional isolation or dissociation from others. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men” contains the theme of alienation in the
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The film Metropolis‚ Fritz Lang adopts the same way of thinking as Eliot. Lang depicts the fragmented society through social stratification. He depicts the bourgeois as people who lead a callous and monotonous life in order to serve the wealthy upper class. The crescendo in the non-diegetic music with the addition of wavering vector lines in the beginning of the film forebodes the exploitation of the working class and creates a sense of chaos. The centralisation of the clock indicates that the workers
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and concepts. T.S Eliot is considered as one of the twentieth century’s major poets; his poem ‘the love song of j. Alfred Prufrock’ has gone down as one of the major works of the Modernist movement. ‘Prufrock’ is a dramatic monologue that follows a man striving for meaning in a suddenly industrial modern road‚ typical themes of modernism. The isolation and displacement Prufrock exemplifies throughout the poem reflects author Eliot’s own struggles in the new modern society. Eliot through his poems
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is frequently studied‚ on a metaphorical level‚ as a journey towards Christianity and is often viewed as an account of Eliot’s own conversion to Christianity. Throughout the poem‚ evidence is supplied to allude to a Christian reading in order for Eliot to portray his own emotions of the subject. The Magi are indicative of the three wise men in the Bible‚ journeying to the birth of the Christ child. “…then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley…” (Line 21) The reference to dawn is representative
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Eliot uses many poetry techniques to convey a sense of urban alienation throughout this poem. These techniques include description and imagery‚ contrast and irony‚ rhetorical questions and rhyming. These also reflect the spirit of the early twentieth century. Straight from the introduction of the poem‚ Eliot already starts to utilise imagery to describe the emotions and themes that the poem conveys. The line ‘Like a patient etherised upon a table’ suggests that there is something wrong with the
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than conventional literature. The modernism movement was prompted by a widespread disillusionment in society that resulted from contextual events. This allowed an altered view of the world as fractured and chaotic‚ especially due to paralysis and alienation in modern society. This newly perceived reality is reflected through techniques of fragmentation in modernist works such as James Joyce’s short story “Araby” and T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. In the late 1800s and early
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GUIDE TO CRITICAL ESSAYS ON SILAS MARNER: 1. 1. SILAS MARNER: A STUDY IN TRANSITION by Shirley Galloway Writer’s thesis: * The story is not a fantasy but a serious work * Main issues are class ( Eliot refutes the common belief that the upper classes are superior) industrialization ( she argues that industrialization dehumanizes and alienates workers) and religion ( she suggests a ‘religion of humanity’ as substitute for failure of organized religion). * The issues are realistically
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Rhapsody on a Windy Night and Eliot’s poetry in general. My interpretation of Prufrock‚ Rhapsody and Eliot’s poetry is that this medium of expression is a way for Eliot to communicate his own personal feelings regarding his personal life and social context. This explains why his poetry often holds common themes of depression‚ alienation‚ ambiguity‚ criticism of society‚ hesitancy‚ submission and vulnerability. As to his context‚ Eliot’s social context was heavily intertwined with the ongoing industrial
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presumption of superiority and its destructive consequences. Eliot says of Fuller‚ “some of the best things she says are on the folly of absolute definitions of woman’s nature and absolute demarcations of woman’s mission”. She quotes Fuller: “I think women need‚ especially at this juncture‚ a much greater range of occupation than they have‚ to rouse their latent powers” if they are to avoid “the ennui that haunts grown women.” George Eliot sets her novel nearly 40 years before the period in which it
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Modernism in "Aunt Helen"‚ by T.S. Eliot and "Eleanor Rigby"‚ by John Lennon and Paul McCartney "Aunt Helen"‚ by T.S. Eliot and "Eleanor Rigby"‚ by John Lennon and Paul McCartney are poems which comprise characteristics of modernism. Loneliness‚ social alienation and isolation‚ double standard and relegation of religion are the main themes emerge from these literary pieces. Miss Helen Slingsby‚ the poet’s aunt in "Aunt Helen"‚ was an unmarried woman who lived alone‚ except for her servants and
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