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this 100% this. in a way all of eliot's poetry is talking about civilisational decline it's just about the differences in like nuance and stuff. preludes and rhapsody are in the same niche like that, rhapsody and hollow men are not
Another way to look at it is whether the poem is before or after the war.
Preludes, Rhapsody, Prufrock are pre-war so they have a modernist context.
Hollow and Magi are also modernist, but they link a lot better to wwI disillusionment.
 

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rhapsody is more about the landscape and stuff and how it affects individuals psyche whilst the hollow men presents a hint of religious redemption even amid the decay. so basically rhapsody is the cause and the hollow men is the journey and Magi is the solution.
Wait how is hollow hinting at religious redemption?
 

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Wait how is hollow hinting at religious redemption?
because it talks about the consequences about the modern thought and straying from religion so it kind of hints that religious belief is necessary and then some bits of it hint towards desperation. So eliot is trying to convince people basically to "come back to the light" and that there is still hope otherwise your situation is not going to be pretty. I hope that makes sense lol. idk how else to explain it.
 
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Wait how is hollow hinting at religious redemption?
It's hinting at it if you work in "chronology" and end with Magi. Eliot shows the complete and utter misery these soldiers are going through to the point where they can't face their faith in religion, which in turn, exacerbates their suffering. So if you had a para on Hollow and followed it with a para on Magi, you'd be arguing that Hollow is the suffering while Magi is the religious redemption
 

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okay another question. How are you supposed to prepare in case they ask to use a character from your prescribed text in mod c?? I didn't even read my prescribed texts and their super boring

my texts are:
Nam Le's short story Love and honour...
Zaddie Smith's discursive That Crafty Feeling
and someone's poem Father and child

Or what if they say from another module. like what do we do Abigail williams x Prufrock or what??
 

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guys can someone pls help me with rhapsody like what tf does it even mean???? i understand every other poem but rhapsody :cry:
rhapsody is inspired by cubist and bergsonian philosophies about how time is subjective and things can be viewed from multiple perspectives simultaneously. it compares really beautiful imagery with desolate and dreary imagery inspired by his own context and critique of modernism to talk about and criticise how empty modern society is
 
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guys can someone pls help me with rhapsody like what tf does it even mean???? i understand every other poem but rhapsody :cry:
To me, rhapsody is Eliot describing a guy literally high on drugs. Or maybe Eliot was on drugs. It's just an amalgamation of modernist uncertainty and social decay in 1911. It's kinda just like if Prufrock wasn't in a personal perspective
 

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okay another question. How are you supposed to prepare in case they ask to use a character from your prescribed text in mod c?? I didn't even read my prescribed texts and their super boring

my texts are:
Nam Le's short story Love and honour...
Zaddie Smith's discursive That Crafty Feeling
and someone's poem Father and child

Or what if they say from another module. like what do we do Abigail williams x Prufrock or what??
i really can't speak on this LMFAO i fully plan on spitballing an imaginative on the day and then just saying kafka in my reflection no matter what
 
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rhapsody is inspired by cubist and bergsonian philosophies about how time is subjective and things can be viewed from multiple perspectives simultaneously. it compares really beautiful imagery with desolate and dreary imagery inspired by his own context and critique of modernism to talk about and criticise how empty modern society is
heavy on the cubist inspo actually!! i read something about that. super insightful!
 

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