The Great Gatsby And Angry Mindsets Of Modernism

This leads on to the theme of “The Second Coming” —change brings upon uncertainties. Yeats wrote the poem after World War I when Europe was mourning a catastrophic loss of life and. This can be exhibited in lines 3 and 4 of the poem which states, “Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold, mere anarchy is loosed up

“Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.”(Proverbs 11:27) The Great Gatsby takes place in the roaring 20’s. The 1920’s was a good time in America, the country was flourishing and money was plentiful. During this time,the prohibition, alcohol was illegal which led to bootlegging or the illegal production and distribution of alcohol. The most popular music of the time was Jazz hence the 20’s nickname, the Jazz Age. Jazz was most commonly played at parties. Nick Carraway expressed modernism, was characterised by the author and expressed judgment of other characters.

The imagery depicted in T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men" evokes a sense of desolate hopelessness and lends to Eliot's generally cynical view of civilization during this period in history. A reaction of deep and profound disappointment in mankind around him is made evident in this stark work, first published in 1925. In this short piece, Eliot enumerates several deep faults he finds in his fellowman, including hypocrisy, apathy and indifference, and leaves the reader with a feeling of overwhelming emptiness. An important feature of this poem is the fact that the narration of the poem is in first person.

The Modernism Period in English defines itself in starting circumstances, beliefs, and famous works. In essence, the inspiration from war and society’s advances led the way to new beliefs and changes in perception of the world. Nevertheless, the beliefs brought on from negativity often burgeons more negativity while the truth is thought as relative. Furthermore, famous works such as Ulysses, The Waste Land, and The Good Soldier present unmistakable aspects of the Modernism Period. Revelations allow one to break from old

During the early 20th century, modernism played a significant role in literature and themes. The Great Gatsby also revolved around the elements of modernism. The modernistic symbols in the novel managed to have deep relationships with society's noted issues. F.Scott Fitzgerald depicts modernism in The Great Gatsby through his portrayal of Gatsby's ambition, characters' desire for material gain, and the portrayal of marriage as an outdated social institution.

This conflict signified the birth of modern warfare. Yeats believes that The Great War was the catalyst for the end of stability in Europe and he uses religious allusions to develop this idea by comparing the second coming to contemporary times. The first stanza of Yeats's “The Second

In the second quatrain, the speaker gives an explanation of why he wants to go: ‘And I shall have some peace there,’. He believes he cannot find peace in an urban environment but that this can be found in nature. The poem expresses his desire to find peace. The performative act of the poem lies in the fact that he wants to escape the city and go to the countryside. Yeats’ desire to escape into nature, more precisely to Innisfree, is connected to his childhood.

“The poetry of Yeats remains relevant because he examines both the local and universal through heightened symbolism.”

The selection of adjectives and nouns used in the poem carry a negative connotation reflecting the negatives thoughts of the state of the world. Yeats uses words such as “blood-dimmed,” “anarchy,”

Mr. Yeats relates his vision, either real or imagined, concerning prophesies of the days of the Second coming. The writer uses the Holy Bible scripture text for his guide for because no one could explain this period of time without referring to the Holy Bible. He has chosen to present it in the form of a poem, somewhat like the quatrains of Nostradamus. The poem does not cover all the details of this event, but does give the beginning of the powerful messages, and a dark look at those ominous days surrounding the Second Coming of The Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps he is trying in his own words to warn everyone about the end time days.

He has no clue of where he is, clearly this tells us about the downfall of social activities in Europe. Further, he goes on with his writing, things become a bit aggressive and full of action. Yeats states, only bad people have their way now days, the good in the world has begun to fade away and soon there will be no sign of it. Ordinarily, people would speak of Christ taking birth again and coming back to save his children, however, due to the idea that evil is given a higher post in his words, it is the anti-Christ whom the people have begun to think and wait upon. Either it may be a human form or a demonic beast. Yeats vision turns the figure from “Christ” into the “Anti- Christ.”

    Yeats speaks of the traditions that he followed to court Maud.  Men have laid out the laws on how to fall in love, and he followed these lessons.  These traditions now seem frivolous to him, since he doesn’t care anymore.  They did not work for him and he lost his love.  He is kind of angry that he was foolish enough to believe they would work.  He realizes that love is not an organized process and it, once again, requires

When describing society, the author uses allusion and states, “Anarchy is loosed upon the world.” Yeats explores the suffering of death that the human race is dealing with and a depiction of how war has done nothing but make life more difficult. Allusion is shown when the author illustrates there is so much death that, “the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere.” The author is also claiming how the war would just create more war, and that helps weaken society. In stanza two, the narrator describes a man as, “A shape with a lion body and the head of a man.” This depiction is symbolic of mankind because men are so full of themselves that they believe they

This allusion stems from the Christian belief that one day the son of God will return to Earth and bring spiritual renewal and salvation. The Second Coming will mark the beginning of a new and better world. However, Yeats makes use of the Second Coming not as it is widely believed. Conversely, the irony he creates is defined from his belief that instead of Jesus marching valiantly towards Bethlehem

According to Carl G. Jung one part of the human psyche is, "the collective unconscious. This part of the psyche houses the cumulative knowledge, experience, and images of the entire human race. According to Jung, people from all over the world respond to certain myths or stories in the same way" (Bressler 154). This idea may account for the "centre [center]" Yeats refers to. The center may refer to a common belief of some form of all-powerful being controlling life. In The Second Coming Yeats may be voicing his opinion that this central controlling force is not real. When he writes, "The ceremony of innocence is drowned" he may be referring to the idea that the collective belief of this God is mistaken.