The wastle land T.s.Eliot thinking activity

The wastle land


         This is a epic poem written by T.S. Eliot. The wastle land divided into five part.

1. The Burial of the dead (76 line)
2. A game of chess( 96 line)
3. The fire sermon (139 line)
4. Death by water (10 line)
5. What the thunder said (113 line)
 

T.S. Eliot used many myth in this poem.
Starting with “April is the cruellest month”


1) What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of thought by recalling mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise?

      Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history.
 Here we see the conflict between Eliot and Nietzsche view. Eliot believe in supernatural power  spirituality and Nietzsche believed in Ubermensch. Both are right about there views. We also  see reflection of poets time in wastle land. Eliot used various myth in this epic. He  is regressive  person as compared to Nietzsche. He used  sexual perversion and spiritual decay in this poem. He thing about both side. Mostly people learn there past and understand what is right and what is wrong.


April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain..

So in this lines Eliot talked about more regressive way that April considered as one of the most cruellest month.


2) What are your views regarding these comments Is it true that giving free vent to the repressed 'primitive instinct' lead us to happy and satisfied life? or do you agree with Eliot's view that 'salvation of man lies in the preservation of the cultural tradition'?'

       I agree with Eliot's views about  'salvation of man lies in the preservation of the cultural tradition'. So Eliot believed in self control. One should have to control over his self. Also he talked about preservation. Salvation of men is in the preservation of culture and tradition.


3) Write about allusions to the Indian thoughts in 'The Waste Land'. (Where, How and Why are the Indian thoughts referred?)

The main theme of the poem based on Indian spirituality. He try to get solution of sexual perversion in modern time.

Ganga :
Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited for rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence.
Then spoke the thunder.   



   In this lines Eliot used Ganga which considered as holy river in India. Also used Himalayas as Himavant. So both are mythically and spiritually connected to India.


Shanti mantra:

Shanti means peace of mind. The wastle land end with this  mantra. The peace and hope come after anxiety.