Eliot's Labyrinth: The Holy Grail or the Waste Land?

Through allusions to Dante's "Inferno" and Arthurian Romance tales, all the speakers in "The Waste Land" combine to place this question at the foot of their readers: Which would you choose given you were thrust into the same situation, poetically and metaphorically speaking? The Holy Grail or the Waste Land? Remember that Eliot's works center around characters who do not have the "moral" courage to make "important decisions".

As for "Pride and Prejudice", remember the passage in question this week will be taken from Chapter 34's first three paragraphs. Know every word and location.

on The Novel of Manners...

Examine criticism on The Novel of Manners. Explore the expected etiquette of English aristocratic and upper-gentile, the so-called "polite" society. What was the role of men and women who hailed from the upper-classes? What is the expected norm for courting? Why? Explain.

Don't cut and paste from Wiki or any Internet cite. I want your words, your understanding of the concepts posted here.

Whyte

"P&P" M-C quiz this Monday...

Have read 1-51, Chapters l - XV.

Tentative Reading Schedule...

1. "Pride and Prejudice" BA 2/6
2. "Paradise Lost" (Books 1-3) BA 2/20
3. "The God of Small Things" BA 3/13
4. "Madame Bovary" BA 3/30
5. "Crime and Punishment" BA 3/30

6. "Siddhartha" and Final Term Paper.
Final draft: 5/29
Rough draft: 5/22
Bibliography cards: 4/17
Thesis statement: 4/13
Works Cited: 4/9

"OF Man's First Disobedience" and J. Milton

Look up the English (rightly put, a British Isle and Irish) Civil War. What was King Charles 1 attempting to do? Why did the English and Scottish Parliament have such a problem with this dude? Who was Oliver Cromwell? Although some parts of Great Britain admonished him, Wales, the Scots, and the Irish detested the man. Explain.

How does John Milton fit into the picture? What happened to Cromwell’s Commonwealth and why did Parliament henceforth oppose Puritanism vigorously?

With the restoration of the Stuart King, Charles ll, Milton was placed under house arrest. The Stuart Kings claimed 'absolute monarchy' in a time of evolving political 'enlightenment'.

So then, what are the parallels between “Paradise Lost” and the English (British) Civil War?

Jane Austen and the Regency Novel...

Explore and explain this quote from "Pride and Prejudice": "Indeed, Sir, I have not the least intention of dancing".

What is a Regency Novel and what is meant by it? Who or what influenced Austen's work?