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The journey of the
Magi
• The poem is a mythical
journey.
• The Magus is persona
• The plurality of the Magus
is referred
• Lines are from the nativity
sermon of Lancelot
Andrewes –Bishop of
Winchester
• The sermon was preached
in the Jacobean court in 1622
•
‘THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI’BY
T.S. ELIOT – MODERN AGE
Power point presentation by
R.Senkamalam for II Year B.A.
English Literature.
Symbol-
The White Horse,depicts the coming of Christ.
•
• The River is the real Living water
,Jesus Christ
The Three trees are the two
men and Christ crucified .
The vine leaves , the true
wine,Jesus Christ
Allegory-the journey is of the historical
situation of the birth of Christ
The ‘wise men’ from the East who
brought gifts to the infant Jesus
(Matt. 2:1), said in later tradition to be
kings named Caspar, Melchior, and
Balthasar who brought gifts of gold,
frankincense, and myrrh.
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