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    life and has decidedly painted a dreadfully bleak picture of the human existence. This is noted in lines 3 through 5 where he uses words like ‘perpetual’ and ‘recurrence.’ From the numerous capitalizations and mentions of God‚ We’re almost sure that Eliot was a spiritual man and that he was very disappointed in the failing path that humans have chosen. Through determined capitalization leading to implied spirituality‚ the author contrasted life and living. He thinks that through everyday living‚ mankind

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    Question: Write a short note on Modernism with special reference to Literature Almost every generation of society has a habit of reacting against the past by declaring itself “modern.” This quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns is a cyclical phenomenon. Modernism was a similar trend that spanned all of the arts and even spilled into politics and philosophy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Anyone who looks at the evolution of western culture must note a distinct change

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    Poem Summary Lines 1-6 This epigraph is taken from Dante’s Divine Comedy. It reads: “If I thought my answer were to one who could ever return to the world‚ this flame would move no more; but since no one has ever returned alive from this depth‚ if what I hear be true‚ without fear of infamy I answer you.” The words are spoken by a lost soul‚ damned to Hell for the attempt to buy absolution in advance of committing a crime. This correlates with Prufrock’s need to know the answer to the question

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    anxieties can prevent them from accomplishing their aspirations and goals‚ and that is where the paralysis to the modern world lies because even the most insignificant actions are affected. In the poem‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot‚ Prufrock’s anxieties clearly affect him in the way in which he lives his life. Prufrock experiences paralysis to the industrial world he lives in‚ and as a result he has trouble with truly enjoying the smallest gestures of life itself.

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    A Selected Annotated Bibliography on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Ackerman Jr.‚ Alan L. “ Visualizing Hamlet’s Ghost: The Spirit of Modern Subjectivity.” Theatre Journal; March2001‚ Vol. 53 Issue 1‚ p119‚ 26p EBSCOhost. (5 February 2004) Other artists represent the dramatic structures‚ terms‚ images and characters from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet by portraying the exact emotion of the play. They act out a good representation of the spiritual experience in visual

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    which further serves to mirror the fractured and chaotic nature of world. The modernist ideal of representing the tumultuous inner workings of the mind conveys the alienation and displacement that an individual experiences in an industrial society. Eliot creates an artistic portrait of such a society through the depiction of the superficial bourgeois social values upheld by upper middle class society in the 20th century which undermine Prufrock’s ability and make him insecure. Prufrock’s suffocation

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    Christian Freeman AP Literature 12th- 5th period Mrs. Kimble July 28‚2014 Murder in the Cathedral Analysis T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral and 1964’s movie Becket are both two stories that represent a memoir of Thomas Becket’s life‚ who was declared Archbishop of the English church and Chancellor of England by king Henry II in 1170. Becket story may be told in similar ways in both of the works‚ but each story has their differences when it comes to how his death is portrayed. Although the movie

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    to this period of literature. There are several works that exemplify the key characteristics of this period. A key characteristic‚ and one of the easiest to recognize‚ are the experimental forms such as free verse and stream of consciousness. T.S. Eliot frequently utilizes these experimental forms in his works‚ such as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”‚ which is a dramatic monologue that utilizes stream of consciousness. The seemingly random sequence of thoughts represents the speaker’s self-doubt

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    T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral tells the story of Thomas Beckett‚ a man who reigned as Archbishop of Canterbury during the 12th century in England until his death in 1170. In order to tell Beckett’s story‚ Eliot creates a series of equally interesting characters that each play a crucial role thought the play. The most unique rolefound within the play is the Women ofCanterbury‚ or the Chorus. Throughout the piece‚ the Chorus delivers seven choral odes. These choral odes‚ when looked at as a

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    Cited: Blithe‚ Hal and Sweet‚ Charlie. “Eliot’s THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK.” The Explicator 62.2 (2004): 108-110. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. Eliot‚ T.S. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” The Norton Introduction to Literature: Shorter Tenth Edition. Eds. Allison Booth and Kelly J. Mays. New York: Norton‚ 2010. 1015-1019. Print. Morgenstern‚ Naomi. “The Oedipus Complex Made Simple.” University

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