" The Waste Land " is a modern epic poem written by T. S. Eliot. This poem is divided into the five parts which represents the sexual perversion and spiritual degradation but yet in the end it gives the message of hope for the betterment of future.
Thinking Activity
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?
• According to me Friedrich Nietzsche's noble idea of Ubermensch is more significant than the ideas of Eliot. And Eliot's ideas are seems regressive. In today's time if someone is suggesting you to take the help of religion or of religious activities for the moral living than it will not leads you towards the real morality. Because what we find is that those people who are involved in this kinds of things they themselves are immoral. If we see the history than we finds that they all were the great followers of the God but yet the sexual perversion we can finds there also. So we can say that, that idea is not working. And one more thing is that there is nothing like miracle which can help us it is up to our own self how we defines the real concept of spirituality. Where as Nietzsche's idea gives spirituality. Because if we are doing good for others, trust in our self, self control, than there is no need of anything else . In history also we finds that kinds of figures who had great self trust and self control and habit of helping others like Krishana, Rama, Buddha. Which makes life happy and easier.
2- Prior to the speech, Gustaf Hellström of the Swedish Academy made these remarks:
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'?
• Here I am not agree with the concept of Freud. Because giving free vent to the repressed primitive instinct will automatically leads towards the anarchy. For transitioning happiness we should not create disorganization in the society. Where as here Eliot seems more powerful than Freud because if we lives our lives with some discipline or with organization than life becomes more easier.
3 - Write about allusions to the Indian thoughts in 'The Waste Land'. (Where, How and Why are the Indian thoughts referred?)
• In the poem we finds so many references of the Indian thoughts.
= Fire Sermon : The third part of the poem itself gives the idea of Buddha's sermon. In which he preaches about liberation from the suffering.
= River Ganga and Himalayas : Here Eliot uses the reference of River Ganga in the context of purification. And Himalayas as a peace of mind and also for the spirituality .
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
= Thunder : Here Eliot uses the reference of Upanishads through the akashvani Prajapati gives the solutions for all the problems.
= Three Da : Datta - Devote oneself for noble deeds . Dayadhvam - Sympathies for others. Damyata - Self control, which will give the solution .
= Shantih - Eliot uses this mantra in the context of : after all the understanding peace will be there and this peace comes after agony which takes us towards the new hope.
• Eliot uses this all the Indian references because the situation of his country is became like barren land. Where as these spiritual ideas of India seems more powerful and people also lives the free life without any plunge. So we can say that to make his own land again fertile Eliot has used these ideas.
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