T.S..Eliot Essay

A renowned idea using surprising symbols. It is debated as to whether Donne is a metaphysical poet or not, one view being from T.S Eliot that it is difficult to find any ‘precise use of metaphor simile or other conceit’ in order to identify Donne with the other metaphysical ‘poets as a group’. I however disagree with T.S Eliot and this poem ‘The flea’ contains a metaphysical conceit right through the poem. Using the surprising symbol of a Flea something so ‘little’ to represent…

Saadat Hasan Manto is one of the greatest short story writers in Urdu literature who has produced twenty two collections of short stories dealing with different subjects such as partition, human life, social taboos, communal violence, so on and so forth. His stories revolving round the subject of partition of the subcontinent after independence in 1947 are more famous and more known than his other stories. Toba Tek Singh is one such story, a masterpiece, which is interwoven with the theme of…

Question #4 Gregor Samsa is from the story "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, this story contains a man that suddenly turns into a bug, and his dysfunctional family. Alfred Prufrock is from the short poem ' 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T.S Eliot. This poem describes Prufrock 's life and the struggles he experiences in his life. Gregor and Prufrock have similar characteristics in their lives, from their odd personalities to their tragic fates. Gregor is an hardworking man that…

‘The Wasteland’ has been psycho-analytically studied to understand the poet’s psyche, the metaphor of images, symbols, etc. for new untouched and unexplored findings in the genre of practical criticism. The poem has been deciphered on the basis of three psychoanalytic models (a) Lacan’s ‘Language and Unconscious’ (b) C.G. Jung’s ‘Collective Unconscious’ and (c) Northrop Frye’s ‘Archetypal Criticism’. Lacan’s ‘Language and Unconscious’, attempts to read ‘The Wasteland’ in the likeness of…

In T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men,” Eliot details and laments about the meaninglessness pitiful existence of men, whom he describes as hollow, and the overall decline of contemporary society. The characterization of the hollow men perfectly fits many of the characters who exist in the world of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Indeed, both authors explore the innate emptiness of human life and the ignorance of humanity to its emptiness throughout their literary pieces. Such ignorance causes…

T.S. Eliot's J. Alfred Prufrock and Ernest Hemingway’s Jake Barnes struggle to find meaningful ways to live their lives. They stay on the sidelines, searching for a way to find happiness in an unforgiving modern world. While Jake Barnes does find some shred of success, J. Alfred Prufrock does not. J. Alfred Prufrock longs for happiness in his shallow life. He hopes that finding a woman to marry will provide him with a desirable, exuberant life. In Eliot's poem, Prufrock attends an upper-class…

T.S. Eliot is known to be the most influential writer of the twentieth century due to his wide-ranging contributions to poetry, criticism, prose, and drama (Explanation of: “The Waste Land”). In this case, his work becomes stronger as his allusions contribute to help convey the meaning of each poem. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock seems to start out as a love poem when he tells someone, “Let us go then, you and I” (Sound and Sense, 284). Farther on though, it starts to stray to Prufrock…

eternity, there is always fortunate events that will follow that tragedy. In other words, there will always be hope after tragedy. In Silas Marner by George Eliot, Eliot creates the main protagonist, Silas Marner, to experience full satisfaction, connect back to society, and show how much pain and stress he can endure. To help support this, Eliot uses a variety of techniques such as metaphors for hidden meanings, imagery to appeal to the audience’s senses, diction for setting the mood and…

The Untouchables, by Eliot Ness. The book tells the story of Eliot Ness and his men, Martin Lahart, Sam Seager, Lyle Chapman, Barney Cloonan, Tom Friel, Joe Leeson, Bill Gardner, and Mike King. A group of cops assembled by Eliot Ness, a prohibition agent, to take down the infamous Al Capone. The 18th Amendment bans alcohol use in America this is called Prohibition. In 1929, the city of Chicago was being run by the illegal actions of the notorious Scarface Capone. Eliot Ness was a…

the palm of his hand and supplies illegal alcohol. He has strong relations with the government officials and the police force, influencing them greatly enough to not investigate his illegal practices. One strong member of the Treasury Department, Eliot Ness, believes it is his duty to uphold the law and bring Capone to justice. After his first raid bust, Ness seeks helps from Irish-American officer Jimmy Malone to help him catch Capone. With his help, they pick up an Italian trainee because of…