This was the state of man until he was shaken out of this unawareness. Primitive man, man before he had self-awareness, before one could even call him man, was not separate from nature, from anything. Giambattista Vico’s method of returning to the origin will be useful in interpreting the meaning and language behind this section of “The Waste Land.”Įliot and Vico see the first moment of consciousness as coming from an autonomous being, the thunder. Part V of “The Waste Land” is a metaphysical and philological examination of the archai of the human consciousness. Returning to the archai is extremely crucial when trying to understand Eliot’s poetry as well. Understanding an arche, or governing root is essential when trying to trace the genealogy of anything here we will be tracing meaning in language. In order to discover meaning in this poem, one must begin by looking at the archai or governing roots (the initial cause for something rather than the reason for its continued existence) of that which is being interpreted. Eliot’s interest in the limits of interpretation and the nature of meaning is expounded in part V. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” To do this is to begin to unravel the seemingly ambiguous nature of this section of Eliot’s multifaceted poem and begin to interpret what is meant. What did the thunder say? This is the question one must ask when reading part V of T.S. By: Nathaniel Rupp A Vichian Analysis of “What the Thunder Said”
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