Presentations on T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'

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Here I discussed about T. S Eliot's "The waste land" I talked about some views on The waste land poem. This task given by Dr. Dilip barad sir. Click here to visit the blog.

The literature is not only the mirror image of society. It can neither be limited to the metaphor of photographic representation, nor be limited to the lamp which brightens the corner of society or human nature. Sometimes, literature is the x-ray image of the society. The black and while skeleton of society. The ugly-but-real-at-its-core face of society is captured on transparent paper. The writer's eyes like an x-ray machine, penetrates deep and captures the nuances of social decay, moral decay and cultural decay. The rotten state of human life in the early quarter of the Twentieth century is meticulously captured by T.S. Eliot in 'The Waste Land - quite aptly known as 'The Modern Epic'. The root cause of this decay (social, moral and cultural) is spiritual degradation and sexual perversion. Is spiritual degradation the cause of sexual perversion or the effect of sexual perversion is due to spiritual degradation? It is not easy to answer this is simple cause-effect relationship. They both are interdependent. They have walked hand-in-hand, in past, they walk together in present and they will, if the lessons are not learnt from literature. People question the usefulness of 'Arts' in life. Can we find the answer art (verbal) like 'The Waste Land'.

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 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'.

I am not agree with the concept of T. S. Eliot. It is views of that salvation of man lies in the preservation of the cultural tradition. Because of giving free vent to the repressed 'Primitive instinct' with automatically lead towards the anarchy and natural desire or feeling gets more powerful passage of time. It is also psychological level, but at longer time the desires are not under the control at that time. That's why, it is better to give free vent to the repressed 'primitive instinct' which is lead us to the happy and satisfactory life and some discipline or the organization than life becomes easier.

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

Here I discussed allusion to the Indian thought in 'The Waste land'. 

The Fire Sermon:

This poem in offers a philosophical meditation in relation to the imagery of death and views of self-denial in juxtaposition influenced by Augustine of Hippo and eastern religions.