Ts Eliot Flashcards

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Prufrock Q1

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“the evening like a patient etherised”

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Prufrock Q2

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“in the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo”

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Prufrock Q3

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“Prophet” “Lazarus”

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Prufrock Q4

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“Till human voices wake us and we drown”

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Prufrock critic

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“his fictions insulate and preserve him in a solipsistic dream” (Childs, 1988)

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Prufrock layering

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“a bald spot” “do I dare disturb the universe?” “do I dare eat a peach” “how his arms and legs are thin” “I grow old… I grow old…”

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Preludes Q1

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“six o’clock… four and five and six o’clock”

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Preludes Q2

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“thousand sordid images of which your soul was constituted”

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Preludes Q3

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“eyes assured of certain certainties”

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Preludes Q4

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“the worlds revolve like ancient women gathering fuel in vacant lots”

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Preludes critic

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the “crooked machine” (Camus) that is modern living

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Prufrock Baudelaire

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the flaneur “is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito”

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Rhapsody Q1

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“twelve o’clock… half-past one… four o’clock”

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Rhapsody Q2

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“the street lamp sputtered…”

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Rhapsody Q3

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“put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life”

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Rhapsody layering

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“beat like a fatalistic drum”

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HM Q1

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“Mistah Kurtz - he dead”

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HM Q2

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“stone images are raised”

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HM Q3

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“the shadow”

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HM Q4

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“for thine is the kingdom” “for thine is life is”

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HM extra

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“this is cactus land” “hollow men” “eyes I dare not meet…” “fading star” “this is the way the world ends… not with a bang but a whimper”

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Magi Q1

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“a cold coming we had of it”

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Magi Q2

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“temperate valley” “smelling of vegetation”

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Magi Q3

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“finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory”

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Magi Q4

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“I should be glad of another death”

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Magi critic

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the ‘I’ “emphasises his (magus’) bitter and condescending attitudes towards being isolated in a (secular) society” (Oluwatemilore)

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Magi layering

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“silken girls bringing sherbert” “an alien people clutching their gods”

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Prufrock extra

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“I am not Prince Hamlet… Am an attendant lord… Almost, at times, the Fool.” “after tea and cakes and ice” “how should I presume”

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Magi extra

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“but no longer at ease, in the old dispensation”