in Europe” because the world is a tattered wasteland where everyone is in search of answers – a fortuneteller provides false security with her seemingly absolute understanding of destiny‚ and everyone is desperate enough to believe her. (2) Because Eliot regards fortunetelling as little more than empty consolation for the desperate‚ he writes with levity to poke fun at the concept. These two points comprise the general gist of the stanza‚ but the allusive way in which he elucidates this is what makes
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the hollowing of mankind generates a loss of substance‚ purpose‚ and will result in the annihilation of humanity. With the aftermath of World War I‚ men disregard religion and turn to modernistic attitudes— they feel internally empty. Specifically‚ Eliot’ hollow men parallel lifeless effigies‚ due to their heads being “filled with straw” (6). Here‚ the speaker associates mannequin-like characteristics of scarecrows to the hollow men. These men lack their true insides; they are stuffed with meaningless
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Theory of Impersonality T.S. Eliot’s impersonal conception of art and the fullest expression of his classicist attitude towards art and poetry are essentially given by him in his essay Tradition and the Individual Talent. Eliot explains his theory of impersonality by examining first‚ the relation of the poet to the past and secondly‚ the relation of the poem to its author. According to his view the past is never dead‚ it lives in the present. “No poet or no artist has his complete meaning alone
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In “The Hollow Men” and the story excerpt “The Things They Carried” both authors‚ T.S. Eliot and Tim O’Brien‚ utilize similar techniques such as imagery and tone‚ while having a different purpose for writing. In the poem “The Hollow Men‚” T.S. Eliot apples imagery and tone to help his audience apprehend how life without a purpose proves to be a waste when the world’s final hours are close. As for in the excerpt‚ “The Things They Carried”‚ the author uses his techniques to demonstrate the toll that
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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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{draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:g} Tourette syndrome‚ (TS)‚ named after Gilles de la Tourette who discovered the condition‚ is a disorder that causes motor and vocal tics due to a chemical imbalance in the brain. Neurotransmitters constantly misfire in the brain of a TS sufferer releasing a chemical‚ known as dopamine‚ which transmits signals to many parts of the body causing these uncontrollable tics. Lange‚ Olivier and Meyer (2003) states‚ “This neuropsychiatric disorder is‚ in all likelihood
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DISCUSS THE BIBLICAL REFERENCES IN THE NOVEL THE MILL ON THE FLOSS George Eliot was one of the prolific and extraordinary writers of the 19th century England and she is known for her novels and translations.. Her works dealt with human problems and the solutions would be obtained through morals and values like love and sympathy were given utmost importance. During her times‚ new inventions and development of science shook the strong pillars of religion. The biggest blow that religion faced was
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How does George Eliot present Silas Marner and his emotional life in Chapter 2 of her novel? How important is this chapter to the novel as a whole? In this essay‚ I will be looking at how George Eliot portrays Silas Marner‚ and his emotional life in chapter 2 in the novel. In this chapter George Eliot gives us an overall outline of how Silas Marner ended up in the small town of Raveloe‚ which was the beginning of an amazing journey. In chapter one‚ George Elliot gives us a brief
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Modernists aimed to reflect reality in ways more ‘real’ 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
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In Silas Marner George Eliot shows didactic viewpoint through his use of syntax to prove that money and social position do not make one a better person. Though the Cass family has money they do not get much joy out of life. Godfrey Cass is in love with Nancy Lammeter‚ and even though he has money‚ she does not love him. Eliot questions Godfrey by saying‚ “Did he suppose that Miss Nancy Lammeter was to be won by any man‚ squire or no squire‚ who led a bad life?( Eliot 74).” This quote shows
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