Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"
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(→Figure 5: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions from "Order for the Burial of the Dead") |
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='''Figure 5: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions from "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" '''= | ='''Figure 5: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions from "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" '''= | ||
| − | While Eliot does seem to believe that World War I is a form of punishment for mankind, titling this section of the poem after the comforting "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" indicates that "The Waste Land" is a way of dealing with God's wrath, and a way of trusting in a divine plan. | + | While Eliot does seem to believe that World War I is a form of punishment for mankind, titling this section of the poem after the comforting "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" indicates that "The Waste Land" is a way of dealing with God's wrath, and a way of trusting in a divine plan. Since the "[[Order for the Burial of the Dead]]" gives a lot of creative flexibility in the selection of Biblical passages according to each individuals' funeral service, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly the service that Eliot would have heard or read, but because of the high number of deaths at that time, it is likely that Eliot and others heard many modifications, and probably heard every possible scriptural passage at some point. Thus, this service is a part of the early-twentieth century British zeitgeist, and is crucial to understand the nature of English mourning during WWI. |
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=='''Biblical Allusions'''== | =='''Biblical Allusions'''== | ||
