1) What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzsche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of thought by recalling mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise?
Nietzsche's view point is 'God is Dead'. and he did not believe in God and any supernatural power he only believes in 'Superhuman", who believe in his/her own self and great will power. and the Eliot has deeply interested and believed in spirituality, Past and religion. I disagree that Eliot was regressive as compared to Nietzsche’s view. Eliot goes into the past but he was very much in present also. yes, of course Eliot achieved universality because whatever reason behind the poem, and whoever for him written this Poem, it does not matter but the reality is that the purpose of the poem is the peace of whole mankind.
2) What are your views regarding these comments? Is it true that giving free vent to the repressed 'primitive instinct' lead us to happy and satisfied life? or do you agree with Eliot's view that 'salvation of man lies in the preservation of the cultural tradition'?
yes, it is true that free vent to the repressed 'primitive instinct' lead us to happy and satisfied life, because of the Life is like Game of Ludo (board game), yes we can not change our destiny but we can change our lumbering through the past experience. If you press a spring and then if you just leave it, it will fall anywhere. spring like our personal past life. This ‘Primitive instincts’ may bring chaos in the society.
3)Write about allusions to the Indian thoughts in 'The Waste Land'. (Where, How and Why are the Indian thoughts referred?)
In ‘The Waste Land’ we can see that Eliot use the examples from India like, Upanishads, Buddhism or last line ‘Shantih... Shantih… Shantih.’ He also uses the river ‘Ganga’. He uses
Datta – to be giver
Dayadhvam – Pity, Sympathy
Damyata – Self Control
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