shortened Hollow men quotes

Question 1

when was Hollow men published

Answer 1

1925

Question 2

What did Eliot do to modernise this poem

Answer 2

Critical reflection of this ambiguity ( uncertainty due to WWII)

Question 4

what is the topic of paragraph three in The hollow men

Answer 4

the fragmentation of hope and purpose in a post WWII era leading to the abandonment of faith resulting in soullessness

Question 5

quote 1

Answer 5

Elliot acknowledges the societal state through the contradictory metaphors “Shape without form, shade without colour…gesture without motion”

Question 6

explanation 1

Answer 6

the successive oxymora illustrate the nature of this hollowness, as being slave to a sense of hopelessness due to the mass fragmentation of purpose.

Question 7

quote 2

Answer 7

Elliot’s answer to those who have abandoned hope and faith, in place of inertia “sightless unless the eyes reappear…Multifoliate rose the only hope of empty men,”

Question 8

explanation 2

Answer 8

use of the biblical allusions of to the virgin Mary and Heaven, revealing transcendental spirituality as the only hope out of soullessness.

Question 9

quote 3

Answer 9

The decaying chant as the last verse progresses “For thine is the kingdom…Life is very long…For thine is, Life is”

Question 9

explanation 3

Answer 9

warns the readers of the eventual consequences of succumbing to societal inertia, as being trapped in eternal limbo, slowly decaying “Not with a bang but a whimper.”