The Use of Allusions in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

Abstract

The research summarizes the use of allusions and tries to reveal the hidden meanings and reasons behind their use. It starts with T. S. Eliot’s frame of mind, through an example of advice to a follower. Moreover, it traces the development of his mind along his life. The following part is Eliot and his respect to tradition then how he stands on the shoulders of old writers to produce new ideas. Also myth and Eliot’s use of it in his poetry to represent, compare, contrast, and reconcile the past with the present. In the depth of the research stand allusions and their use in the “Waste Land”; the bits of the broken culture. The allusions divided into classical, biblical and literary according to the type of the reference of the allusion. In the end the conclusion gathers the findings of the reseach.