TS Eliot's The Wasteland depicts a definitive landscape of desolation, reflecting the damaged psyche of humanity after the First World War. Relationships between men and women have been reduced to meaningless social rituals, in which sex has replaced love and physical interaction has replaced real emotional connection. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" goes further in describing these relationships: the speaker reveals a deep sexual frustration as well as an awareness of morality, in which he is aware of his incapacity to develop a bond with women but cannot do so. come out of his silence to ask “a moving question” (line 10). “The Wasteland” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” together illustrate that individuals are in conflict with meaningless social rituals in modern society. This raises some interesting questions: why is there such a lack of connection between men and women? Can we ever fix it? Comparing the relationships between these two poems, we discover that... The modern world as described by Eliot in "The Wasteland" is a world of arbitrary interactions between men and women, fraught with meaningless sex and beatings casual one-night stands. Such a relationship – that of the typist and the clerk – shows not only a lack of connection between the two, but also a lack of mutual understanding. The clerk's actions in the sentences: "The moment is now propitious, as he guesses, / The meal is over, she is bored and tired, / Strives to engage her in caresses / Which are still not not reprobated, even if they are not desired” (235-239). ) and “Exploring hands encounter no defense; His vanity demands no response, And welcomes indifference” (240-242) shows the absence of verbal communication which is banal...... middle of paper ......to find a meaning to one's life or an important one to create meaningful relationships with the opposite sex. After subjecting themselves to meaningless social rituals that take precedence over personal human connections, they are reduced to a spiritual void in which they are unable to overcome their vices. Teiresias is the only character who understands. His suffering made him understand that their current state of waste is not perpetual. Although not all men and women can be subjected to the same experiences that Tiresias had, there is a solution. If they can understand that their current state of being was different in the past and will be different in the future, that their state of desolation and waste is temporary, their desire to form meaningful relationships can be restored, their ability to Loving can be revitalized. , and they can all find meaningful purpose in life.