T.S. Eliot and Edwin Arlington Robinson
Do T.S. Eliot and Edwin Arlington Robinson embody the modernist ideals stated in the text on page 533? How?
posted by Greg T at Wednesday, April 04, 2007
posted by Greg T at Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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Yes I believe that both T.S. Eliot and Edwin Arlington Robinson embody the modernist ideals. They both are forming their own style in their poetry. Edwin really shows the "loss of faith in the American dream" in his poem Richard Cory. Richard seems to have everything that the American Dream implys: Riches,good looks, well educated. He had everything to them but put a bullet through his head. This rejection of the American dream is very modernistic. T.S. Eliot's love song show the inner workings of the human mind. we see the second-guessing and lack of confidence quite plainly. So both meet the criteria on 533 to be moderns.
In my opinion, Eliot and Robinson both embody modernist ideals in unique ways. In "Richard Cory", Robinson illustrates the fact that although one might have everything that they could ever want, aka "The American Dream" , there can still be depression and sadness in the world. My favorite thing about his poem is that is accuratley applies to life today. Eliots poem illustrates exactly what is going on in the human mind, such as doubt, fear, and hesitation. This poem is great because it also applies to daily life.
Overall, yes they do but Robinson embodies it far more than Eliot does in my opinion.
In "Richard Cory", it takes apart the idea of success by wealth with the single line in the end. In his other poem, he takes down the idea of people looking to the future, like many people supposedly did during his time, by making this character look into the past and staying there.
With T.S. Eliot, Carter before me put it just right. The times before Eliot, people tend to view humankind as conquering everything. Well in Prufrock, those qualities are lacking. Very lacking.
Both works share most of the modernist ideals perfectly. The stories are out of the box and not traditional. In both stories, I can't see where the flawed hero would fit in though. Neither characters have any qualities of a hero who is graceful under pressure. Both just seem like depressed men who are missing something in their lives. The stories are great example of modernism, but I think that a work like "Of Mice and Men" fits the description of an ideal modernist piece. The theme of all modernist works seems to be a failed attempt at achieving the American Dream. These pieces exemplify modernism very well.
Yes, I believe that Eliot and Robinson embody modernist ideas. Both Poems challenge what authors where thought to write about back then. Richard Cory writes of a man who portrays himself as happy and then kills himself. Robinson writes of a drunk who wishes he lived in a different time. Both of these authors challenge the ideas of their time.
Modernist is defined as a person who follows or favors modern ways or tendencies. I feel that both authors are the epitome of modernists because they truly are iconoclasts. They yearn to overthrow and perhaps revolt against conservative non idealistic writing. They both write of reality and fill their stories with suicide, rejection, and fear which leaves a bitter after taste of pain that is uncommon with writers in their time.
Yes i believe that both T.S. Elliot and Edwin Robinson embody modernist ideals. Edwin explains about a man who has everything that he could possibly want or needs but has lost the drive or site of what hes about and decideds to kill himself. And T.S. which shows the thought proccess of humans and how we have a lak of self confidence and drive. Thats why I believe that both of these authors embody modernist ideals.
Yes, I think that T.S. Eliot and Arlington do embody modernist ideals. Arlington writes in his poetry how riches and good looks effect the way people act and think about themselves and others. Arlington is more a modern writer with ideas about society today. Eliot writes in his poetry how the mind works and what it makes people do in modern style. I agree with CarterS and Eddie L in the way that both the authors have very modernist ideals.
Yes, i am going to agree with dave on how T.S. Eliot and Arlington do embody modernist ideals. Arlington's poetry is more about the wealth on looks of people influence their status in society. On the other hand, T.S Eliot writes about more modern day issues and problems. Both of the writers are very good on connecting to modern day life.
The two authors explain modern views with rich clarity that would easilly define them as modernists.
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