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Thinking Activity on The Wasteland by T.S.Eliot

This blog is a part of task on thinking activity. Here is the link of it. 1 )     What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of thought by recalling mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise? Eliot and Nietzsche, both have their own views and we can also find conflict in between them regarding their different views. Eliot seems to be regressive and backward looking while Nietzche seems to be forward looking. Eliot believes in backward looking as it tries to find answers of contemporary malaise in Upanishad, Buddhism and Christianity. While on the other side, Nietzche believes in forward looking in giving solution to the problem of contemporary crises in faith and self. Eliot wants to bring awareness among the people through the mythical views and supernatural elements but Nietzsche does not believe in this tr...