Decoding "The Burial of the Dead"
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='''Figure 4: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions of "The Burial of the Dead"'''= | ='''Figure 4: Recurring Terms in the Biblical Allusions of "The Burial of the Dead"'''= | ||
− | + | In order to read more deeply into "The Burial of the Dead," and to understand its relationship to Christianity, and to the Message of the Bible, the chart traces the usage of recurring terms in "The Burial of the Dead" to see what aspects of these passages are most important, and thus, most influential to Eliot. These terms, "idols," "broken," "evil," and "forsaken" tell a very subversive story of Eliot's intent. | |
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+ | Since the books of the Bible are arranged in the order that Eliot uses them at the bottom, the change over time is remarkable. It b | ||
=='''Biblical Allusions'''== | =='''Biblical Allusions'''== | ||
+ | Using [["The Burial of the Dead" Annotations]], it was possible to suss out the Bible passages most heavily used in writing "The Burial of the Dead," according to scholars. | ||
===[[Job 8]]=== | ===[[Job 8]]=== | ||