Mod B Quotes

Prufrock Quote 1

'Let us go then, you and I'

Prufrock Quote 2

'"Do I dare?"... descend the stair’

Prufrock Quote 3

'In the room women come and go, talking of Michelangelo'

Prufrock Quote 4

'And should I then presume? And how should I begin?'

Prufrock Critical Remark

Eliot's goal is to "reflect the social anxiety in the people of modern times", done so by his use of form where he writes in free-verse without strictly following traditional poetic styles, opting to focus on Prufrock's stream of consciousness (Ahtesham, 2022)

The Hollow Men Quote 1

'Mistah Kirtz-he dead… A penny for the Old Guy'

The Hollow Men Quote 2

'We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men'

The Hollow Men Quote 3

'Shape without form, shade without colour'

The Hollow Men Quote 4

'For Thine is the Kingdom'

The Hollow Men Critical Remark

Eliot's message was to examine "cultural decay", aiming to provide "insight into the basic concepts of emptiness, cultural decay, disillusionment, existential crises, and misery" (Chavan, 2019)

Journey of the Magi Quote 1

'The ways deep and the weather sharp, the very dead of winter'

Journey of the Magi Quote 2

'smelling of vegetation'

Journey of the Magi Quote 3

'Birth or Death?'

Journey of the Magi Quote 4

'With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death'

Journey of the Magi Critical Remark

Eliot gives new meaning to human nature by adapting to the idea that death leads to new birth (Lake, 2008)