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A 3 page essay that compares Jessie L. Weston's From Ritual to Romance with T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, discussing the fact that Eliot drew on Weston's work in creating his masterpiece. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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elements that the Holy Grail quest, specifically, the Chapel Perilous, the Fisher King, the Wasteland and the Grail itself. She links these elements to the symbols and initiation rituals that
were used in ancient mystery religions. Westons text created much debate among academic scholars and it is also asserted that her text inspired T.S. Eliots "The Waste Land." This examination
of Westons book specifically focuses on the topic of the Waste Land, in order to discern the influence that it had on Eliots famous poem. Weston relates that in
medieval Arthurian legend, the Waste Land refers to the failure of the land to renew its fruitfulness with the coming of Spring, due to the death of a knight whose
name and identity remain a mystery (Weston 12). The fact that Gawain, in his Grail quest, does not enquire about the nature of the Grail plays role in the continued
desolation, but, because he asked about the lance, partial restoration occurs (Weston 12). She describes other versions of the Grail quest, in each case, indicating the essence of the tale
and how each story describes the nature of the Waste Land and the desolation of its curse. Her analysis shows the prevalent theme of war among the medieval tales and
how it results in the wasting of the land, which results from the hero failing to ask the right questions (Weston 18). The themes developed in Westons text are
evident in Eliots masterpiece "The Waste Land," which was written just after World War I. This long poem expresses Eliots disillusionment with European culture, as he pictures it as worthless,
decayed and refusing to die. The editors to the Norton Anthology of English Literature, in which this poem appears, indicate that Eliot indicated in a general note that "not only
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