From reading this poem by T.S. Eliot, I think as a collective group we can all agree to say that a term used to describe the overall theme would be religion. Eliot shows us that religion tends to not me a main focus in the modern world today. As I read through the poem, Eliot makes many biblical references that describe a religious focus. One main on that stood out was:
"Who is the third that walks beside you?
When I count, there are only you and I together
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
-But who is that on the other side of you?"
Now, to me I got an image of this stanza reverting to Jesus' two disciples who did not recognize him (Luke 24:13-35), it brings out a bigger aspect that knowing if we live in a world without Christ, Religion, and the Bible, then we are blind to the world. Acts 1:3 says, "During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God." Look at the change the resurrection made in the disciples lives. When Jesus was arrested, tried, and executed, they scattered. They were disillusioned and feared for their lives. But after seeing the resurrected Christ, the grew fearless and risked everything to spread the Good News. Fantastic job to T.S. Eliot for the incorporation of religion and Jesus' death to give an eye opening change through the poem.
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"Who is the third that walks beside you?
When I count, there are only you and I together
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
-But who is that on the other side of you?"
Now, to me I got an image of this stanza reverting to Jesus' two disciples who did not recognize him (Luke 24:13-35), it brings out a bigger aspect that knowing if we live in a world without Christ, Religion, and the Bible, then we are blind to the world. Acts 1:3 says, "During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God." Look at the change the resurrection made in the disciples lives. When Jesus was arrested, tried, and executed, they scattered. They were disillusioned and feared for their lives. But after seeing the resurrected Christ, the grew fearless and risked everything to spread the Good News. Fantastic job to T.S. Eliot for the incorporation of religion and Jesus' death to give an eye opening change through the poem.
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