Analysis

1		In "The Waste Land," trace Eliot's indebtedness to Dante's The Divine Comedy.
2		List "modernist" themes discernible in "Gerontion."
3		Reconstruct T. S. Eliot's literary principles of composition in "Tradition and the Individual Talent."

Interpretation

4		Recreate the symbol complex in "The Hollow Men" and explain its significance to the mood and dominant themes of the poem.
5		Explain Prufrock's identification of himself as the "Fool" in lines 111 - 119. Why does he reject an identify with Hamlet?

Evaluation

6		Why does T. S. Eliot insist on a separation of the poet from the poem in the evaluation of any work. See his discussion in "Tradition and the Individual Talent."
7		Explain the purpose of Tiresia in "The Waste Land." Why is that character central as the primary voice in the poem?