t.s. eliot's symbolism in waste land (modern literature)
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Topic: T.S Eliot’s use of Symbolism in “ Waste Land”
Paper-10-The Modernist Literature.
Bhumi Vajani M.A-2 Sem-3 Roll No:04 Year:2013 Submitted To: Dr.Dilip Barad. Dept of English, M. K. Bhavnagar University.
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Introduction
Symbolism is a 19th Century literary and artistic movement that sought to evoke,
rather then describe, idea or feeling through the use of Symbolic image.
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Symbols in Waste Land
Symbols
Religious
City
Human Characters
River
Water
Buddhism
Season
Thunder
Animal World
Landscape
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Religious
Religious references
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City
“A crowd flowed over London
Bridge, so many, I had not thought
death had undone so many”
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“Fal l ing towers, Jerusalem Athens Alexandria
viena London unreal .”
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Human Characters
Males and females of the Waste Land have no
virtues. They are living but seems dead. King Fisher, Tiresias, girls
singing in boat, prostitutes are some such
human character.
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RIVER
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WaterJesus christ
Water
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Traditional
meanings
Water cleanses
Water provid
es solace
Water brings relief
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BuddhismThe
Fire
Sermon
Sermon
Buddha
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Season
“I read much of the night and go south in
the winter”
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Summer refers to joys
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Winter refers to grimness & death.
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Thunder
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Animal World
“A rat crept softly through the vegetation Dragging it’s slimy belly
on the bank.”
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Landscape
Landscap
e
River Bank
Unreal
City
Mountai
n
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