The Natural references two legends from the Holy Grail. One is The Legend of the Waste Land and the other is the Legend of the Fisher King. Both stories are symbolic and represent themes that we will examine in the novel. Please examine these two websites and answer the following questions.
(http://home.c2i.net/monsalvat/logres.htm)
(http://ftp.ccccd.edu/andrade/britlit/eliot/waste1.html)
1. What is the quest for the Holy Grail? What were people in search of?
2. What is the Legend of the Waste Land? Explain the Vegetative Cycle.
3. What is the Legend of the Fisher King?
Monday, November 26, 2007
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