T.S. Eliot

We are all marked for death, from birth. So what shall we do with the time we have here? Eliot tries to create this isolated and solem wisdom with brilliant techniques. Eliot's use of stream of consciousness respresents both his hesitation and his inner-chaos. His many unanswerable questions challange life and the audience itself. His juxtaposition of clashing points helps to emphasize them even more for ex: trivializing and grandizing. The use of Biblical references add to his strong and powerful emotions within him. In short, there is a confusion and inner turmoil that haunts Eliot and it's almost unescapable as it is human condition itself. Mankind is at war with himself and man is shattered- the only way beyond this, beyond the human condition towards wholeness is death.