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?
Eliot is believer of of God. He use so many myth in the poem. At some point this poem is backward looking because Eliot take help to Upanishads, Buddhism, religion and Christian idea are center for gating answer. Friedrich Nietzsche is idea about 'super human' and also progressive at forward looking to society. He give say something 'superman', means a person with extraordinary abilities. he says that to contemporary crisis in faith of culture and religious them and other side Eliot idea about forward to looks that to situation between self- center both are right but I say that human means self(soul) is center but never ignore moralities, culture because wherever in this world human are never leave this idea.
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'?
The waste land poem is depends on sexual perversion and spiritual drought. Freud concept that people always act accord to their mind also think into the right direction. So they do good act. Eliot believes in repression of desires which will help to preserve our culture. Freud believes in natural instincts.
3) Write about allusions to the Indian thoughts in 'The Waste Land'. (Where, How and Why are the Indian thoughts referred?)
There are many examples of Hindu influences on the "Wasteland." Some of these allusions are clear, such as the Hindu story footnoted in Part V. or the repetition of "shantih" at the poem's close. An image of death-in-life is first presented in the epigraph with the Sybil, a character who illustrates a zombie-like existence through own life, yet wishing only to die.The other side of this, life-in-death, is illustrated by the first line of the poem which asserts that, “April is the cruellest month.” April is so cruel because it is the month of rebirth, and it serves as a reminder that in the "Wasteland" what is dead does not always stay dead. He uses many references like Buddhism, Christianity, Indian myths and many more for the solution of sexual perversion and spiritual degradation prevalent at that time in European civilization. And in the last part of the waste land Eliot use Gods, humans, and demons.
Each of these groups asks the Creator to instruct them and to each he replies "DA". The gods interpret this as "damyata" or “control,” the humans as "datta", or “give,” and the demons as "dayadhvam", or “sympathize.” The story ends with the repeating of "da da da" as a reminder to practice self-control, giving, and compassion.
Each of these groups asks the Creator to instruct them and to each he replies "DA". The gods interpret this as "damyata" or “control,” the humans as "datta", or “give,” and the demons as "dayadhvam", or “sympathize.” The story ends with the repeating of "da da da" as a reminder to practice self-control, giving, and compassion.
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