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T. S. Eliot


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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26September !!! " # $anuary %6&' asa )ritish* American+born essayist*

publisher* playright* literary and socialcritic* and ,one of the tentiethcentury-s maor poets,.

He immigrated to England in %# atage 2&* settling* or/ing and marryingthere. He as e0entually naturalised asa )ritish subect in %21 at age %*

renouncing his American citi3enship.

T. S. Eliot


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He married 4i0ienne Haigh+5oodin $une %&. hey ere later

separated in %.He con0erted to Anglicanismfrom 7nitarianism on $une 2%*

%21.He died in 8ensington* London(his home in England' and later

recei0ed his 9rder of Merit from

T. S. Eliot


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Eliot attracted idespread attention for his poemThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (%&'* hichis seen as a masterpiece of the Modernistmo0ement.

;t as folloed by some of the best+/non poemsin the English language* including The WasteLand (%22'* The Hollow Men (%2&'* AshWednesday (%


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I

5e are the hollo men 5e are the stu?ed men Leaning together Headpiece @lled ith

stra. Alas 9ur dried 0oices* hen 5e hisper together Are Buiet andmeaningless

As ind in dry grass 9r rats- feet o0er bro/englass ;n our dry cellar

Shape ithout form* shade ithout colour*

Paralysed force* gesture ithout motionC

hose ho ha0e crossed

5ith direct eyes* to death-s other 8ingdom Demember us+if at all+not as lost 4iolent souls* but only As the hollo men

he stu?ed men.


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IIEyes ; dare not meet indreams ;n death-s dream /ingdom hese do not appear here* the eyes are Sunlight on a bro/encolumn here* is a tree singing And 0oices are ;n the ind-s singing More distant and moresolemn han a fading star.

Let me be no nearer ;n death-s dream /ingdom

Let me also ear Such deliberate disguises Dat-s coat* cros/in* crossed sta0es

;n a @eld )eha0ing as the ind beha0es

=o nearer+

=ot that @nal meeting ;n the tilight /ingdom


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III

his is the dead land his is cactus land Here the stoneimages Are raised* herethey recei0e he supplication ofa dead man-s hand 7nder the tin/leof a fading star.

;s it li/e this ;n death-s other /ingdom 5a/ing alone

At the hour hen e are rembling ith tenderness Lips that ould /iss Form prayers to bro/en stone.


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The Title“ he Hollo Land”+5illiam Morris

“ he )ro/en Men”+8ipling

Allusions

Julus !aesar +Sha/espeare

Heart of arkness+:onrad


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Four Main sources for

The Hollow Men he Gunpoder Plot

+:onspiracy arose from the English

:atholic’s resentment of 8ing $ames ; andhis reign’s treatment of their religion.

+ A group of etremists

+ Guy Fa/es


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Julus !aesar

a 0iolent conspiracy of men ho areblinded by their cause

)rutus+a leading Doman citi3en :assius+ recruiting people to conspire to

assassinate :aesar


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Heart of arkness

a story full of hollo men+ men empty of

faith* personality* moral strength* andhumanity.

+Marlo’s ourney into the heart of Africa

+8urt3


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!"#Eliot rote this poem during a period of

absence form the ban/* ha0ing ustsu?ered ner0ous brea/don. he theme of“holloness

” presented in the poemdirectly relates to his on psychological

condition at the time.


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I

5e are the hollo men 5e are the stu?ed men Leaning together Headpiece @lled ith

stra. Alas 9ur dried 0oices* hen 5e hisper together Are Buiet andmeaningless

As ind in dry grass 9r rats- feet o0er bro/englass ;n our dry cellar

Shape ithout form* shade ithout colour*

Paralysed force* gesture ithout motionC

hose ho ha0e crossed

5ith direct eyes* to death-s other 8ingdom Demember us+if at all+not as lost 4iolent souls* but only As the hollo men

he stu?ed men.


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$% he “hollo men” and “stu?ed men”* “@lled

ith stra”J

eKgies burned on Guy Fa/es Iay

he conspirators in $ulius :aesar8urt3

Eliot’s modern man

5hisper conspiracy


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$"A condition of unful@llment as seen in the

spiritual state of the shades in ;nferno iii.

Marlo’s eperience ith resistance of

death.


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IIEyes ; dare not meet indreams ;n death-s dream /ingdom hese do not appear here* the eyes are

Sunlight on a bro/encolumn here* is a tree singing And 0oices are ;n the ind-s singing

More distant and moresolemn han a fading star.

Let me be no nearer

;n death-s dream /ingdom Let me also ear Such deliberate disguises Dat-s coat* cros/in* crossed sta0es

;n a @eld )eha0ing as the ind beha0es

=o nearer+

=ot that @nal meeting ;n the tilight /ingdom


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!;n hea0en* Iante no longer feels shamed

by )eatrice’s ga3e.

9nce redemption accepted and 0irtue

restored* the formerly hollo man has noreason to feel shame hen loo/ing into theeyes of the 0irtuous.


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"&$"'Desemble Iante’s description of the

Earthly Paradise.

7sed the star as a symbol representing

God or Mary.A bro/en column a traditional gra0eyard

memorial for a premature death.


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he souls fear in the obstacles that illha0e to o0ercome before reaching paradise.

Iressing in animal s/insPossible origins

+ritualistic purposes

+custom of hanging up the corpse of a

member of a crop damaging species


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The /nferno spirits are blon about by the

ind.

The Heart of arkness the nati0e dies ust

because he lift the shutter open.


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&($&')oth Iante and Marlo must face a

meeting they fear.

Iante )eatrice (di0ine beauty'

Marlo ;nform 8urt3’s ife of his death.


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III

his is the dead land his is cactus land Here the stoneimages Are raised* herethey recei0e he supplication ofa dead man-s hand 7nder the tin/leof a fading star.

;s it li/e this

;n death-s other /ingdom 5a/ing alone

At the hour hen e are rembling ith tenderness Lips that ould /iss Form prayers to bro/en stone.


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III

The stone ima)es suggestsidolatrous orship.

The *esert ima)ery (e.g. dead land*cactus land* hollo 0alley' suggestssterility of the modern orld.

+ fa*in) star establishes a sense ofremoteness from reality.


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IV he eyes are not here here are no eyes here ;n this 0alley of dyingstars

;n this hollo 0alley his bro/en a of ourlost /ingdoms

;n this last of meetingplaces 5e grope together And a0oid speech

Gathered on this beach of the tumid ri0er

Sightless* unless

he eyes reappear As the perpetual star

Multifoliate rose 9f death-s tilight /ingdom he hope only 9f empty men.


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IV

The eyes are not here arepresentation of the sterility (modernorld'* a place here the eyes that o?er

hope do not eist.

From fa*in) star to *yin) star.

The bro,en -aw might signify thatthe ci0ili3ing factor has bro/en* alloingmodern men’s decline.


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IV

Meetin) the @nal meeting of the lost*hollo souls before they sentenced tothe inferno.

Tumi* rier the /ier +cheron oing around hell in Iante’s vne!o+edy .

Multifoliate rose a 0ision of paradisein vne !o+edy . he petals are formedby the souls of the sa0ed in hea0en.

h d i


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VHere we go round the &rckly

&ear Prckly &ear &rckly &ear Here we go round the &rckly &ear At )ve o*clock n the+ornng.

)eteen the idea And the reality )eteen the motion And the act

Falls the Shado For Thne s the"ngdo+

)eteen the conception

And the creation )eteen the emotion

)eteen the desire And the spasm )eteen the potency And the eistence

)eteen the essence And the descent Falls the Shado ForThne s the "ngdo+

For hine is Life is For hine is the

Ths s the way the world

ends Ths s the way the worldends Ths s the way the worldends

,ot wth a -ang -ut a


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A ser0ice* ritual ser0icego round the pric/ly pearN→:hant O choral nursery rhyme

he reality cactus (footnote #'0s. the hope roses

he frustration of impulseFalls the ShadoN

+(footnote &' related to religion

+the frustrating shado of fear

+personi@cation of its negati0e character


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V

he conict of the series

+frustration emptiness

+irony of impaired li0es“Life is 0ery long” → the burden of life

“Falls the Shado”

→ “8ingdom” is 0ery hard

“himper” results from irony O emptiness


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he Hollo Men by . S. Eliot

eaching

Methodology


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Iiscuss allusion in the class. Share someallusions related to the poem.

Spot the allusion in the poem. Iepending

to the le0el of AcBuisition of the students*let the students interpret the allusion orthe teacher ill gi0e the allusion and thestudents ill match hich goes here.

E0aluationSeator/ (;ndi0idual or Iyad'Qui3 (;ndi0idual'

+llusion +nalysis


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As/ the students to memori3e the poemand let them present it as a IramaticMonologue.

:riteria;nterpretation < RPronunciation 2< RIeli0ery & RAppeal & RGestures and Epression 2< R

0ramatic Monolo)ue


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Group each students depending on their ability.Group could be but not limited to Singing

Iraing

5riting

Iancing

5riting

Let them do a tas/ related to their s/ills.

:riteriaDele0ance of the 9utput &< R:reati0ity #< R:ooperation < R

Multi Intelli)ence Tas,


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; can do all things from :hrist ho strengthens me.N han/ you and God )less.

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