The Waste Land

After we dramatized part of The Waste land , I think I have a firmer grasp of the meaning, at least the beginning part of it. As I said in class, it seemed as if the Waste land was describing degenerates. All of the situations we displayed had one, if not many, people or situations that questioned physical, mental, or moral qualities.

We discussed the fertility myth today in class. The only way I can apply that, is through the myth of the Fishing King. As we discussed, because he was impotent, the land was as well. WWI had just occurred, and it could be said that this left the world “impotent” or desolate... in the state of a waste land- it is in complete disarray. That may be reaching too far, but that’s the only way I can make a connection which makes sense in some way.

That being said, since the land is in disarray, that would account for all the degenerate people that is in The Waste Land.

Although I’m still a big iffy on The Waste Land as a whole, I do think I have a better understanding of it now, as opposed to before.