The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

 Today, we are going to read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" on page 969. Answer questions 1-3, 6 and 7. We are also going to look at The Waste Land (section 1) by T.S. Eliot. 

If we have time we will also begin to cover the overview of the time period on page 865). 

HOMEWORK: Read chapter 4.

The Waste Land 

Part I: The Burial of the Dead


You should think about breaking this section up into four speakers. Eliot was working with dramatic monologues. You should also think about his allusions in this section:

1) The title to THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (as for burial services)
2) Allusions to Ezekiel, Ecclesiastes, Isiah
3) Allusions to WWI
4) Allusions to Dante's Inferno
5) Allusions to Tristan and Isolte
6) Walt Whitman
7) Chaucer
8) Drowning
9) Greek Mythology
10) Tarot Cards - and fate
11) Other religions

Also think about winter, spring and seasons.

Go here: https://wasteland.windingway.org/ 

Here is Jenny's overview of the section: http://jennyaplit.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-wasteland-part-1-burial-of-dead.html