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.
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Poetically, I wouldn't mind choosing the Holy Grail. Since it would all be in words and idealized in my mind, I wouldn't exactly care to sacrifice something and I would have been able to make a decision because of careful thought.
Still, metaphorically speaking, I would choose the Waste Land. I am most likely not willing to give up something in return for a long term decision. I wouldn't exactly set my mind to it. I'm not that courageous and so I know I would end up in the Waste Land. Plus, if I were to sacrifice something that's really important to me, I wouldn't want to lose it or, mostly, them.
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