"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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world, as it emerges from the ruins of social decay. | world, as it emerges from the ruins of social decay. | ||
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| + | Hesitantly, the frequently occurring terms will be: | ||
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| + | 1. "life" | ||
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| + | 2. "death" | ||
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| + | 3. "eternal" | ||
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| + | 4. "end" | ||
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| + | 5. "mercy" | ||
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| + | 6. "glory" | ||
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| + | 7. "resurrection" | ||
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| + | 8. "fear" | ||
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| + | These terms occur frequently in the Biblical texts, and also apply directly to Eliot's complex | ||
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| + | notion of the world. | ||
==Title: "The Burial of the Dead"== | ==Title: "The Burial of the Dead"== | ||
