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AComprehensive Study

Ihe rass Is Singing"ulkishad in 1950, u

ihe fist mon Lsy the Bitiah aute Dai
Sothun Rhocduia Ines
kssing
Zimbal amd xhines themes o
Colomialim cnd
Sianiicanca. of the Jite
Alusion and
the
T.S. Eliot'i " The wlaste Land wtic appiay
Lwhat the Thunder Said" at V o tae bm.

In this decayed hole amang the mountains

In the faint monhnlight, the grasg s singing
Cver the fumbled sraveS, about the chapel.
There is the enpty chapel, only the wind's home
st has no indoWS, And tae doa swingG,
Dry bones can barm
-[.9. eliot , V. What
the Thunder Sid", Th
Watedandinca 385-3g0)
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thi secioms thme o

Ldutuctien ovea quouth, it the me
lilant and kuviNing images wwd n "What
tiau Thuu Said ", ften ine umn tin
Hction o The Naste Land au quotid to bezn
foiming ita tw which
addid dn ehiqamnotie quotatiea.
MosLoeL, the title alo enplos mitaponical
maguy to luoke the Lamdacape ot Sotan
sewe as a yniol natuual wod, ageen
-4ating
nat
the
that
wmtamed and wncontollal
kist beyom d humam cilizatis
rocs

The title c o hint at tae thenes ebbexnen

aad iem taat semeata tae movel. Sn colonialL
Seuthun Atica , the qaslands swe a
to the iacial amd kial nstices
beseatd aginut the black AiLan opuictien
by
ky he uhit
weit colanial eit. The inging 66 9

Canb singing
buied heneath ta
the weigat
eight calanialèm
and bejudic Oveall the fitl "he yaan
Singing" emcassulaty th nvels thematie iconus
asnd invdimg uacs to contm
eXisttm
the hausth ialitiey o ooniain andl obbuwsim.
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Characterizatton
(I) MARY TURNER
Th þotaçost
tu hsl am in Southen Rhocleia. Mauy sa
omolandmulti cimenional chacetu. os

Deshite hiing Odid by

þuoble, aeeds discommetid om h husband,
Dick,and tiewlite community Maus nnu
|kmoil slems om heA dissaia<actien wte
þiudices and thi Aoietal epecttiem
wlt wonnam in caloniel
CcLceduben elaliantis with Mosc4 the
LALlca Mauys
back eLUnf m tlae fam, is Lenticl to la
claaiacte dilopmint Moss
Lon<idant lo May,b t taei Alationhis hlus
higlliglati t e bolwer dymemis in colmiel
KOLiety Ai Mayi imne t u n l eicclateselee
wte
Lnadnes
Lchauactu
Mauy •uune C
iagic fig
colonialln acim and KoCietol
xbccttismy
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(T) DICK TURNER

May' hasband, a lamu wtho is þasnnate
Laout his Luork but enotionally cistamt
LMate biesnts tlu wlite colonial blme
n ia and emlodies tue oetal noms 4
iudis of fae time. Dich emldying th
eivalent cnlonial mincet, vieus Hae land as
his aigltful domain anc the beack Acam
nlio beimg muant to cwe him Dhek.i
otienally iitant, pautiukaly touacs his
tesemal ilatiomsaipi, ngleting Mau
emotienal neeoly Dnck adhwi, to taditienal
qindu oles, cxþecting Mauy to ellill tae.
Auties famea ulle uitkout qbetim.
a huband and
Dubite shot cemings
humam biimt, Dick hQs
ef duty toracls hi tam amd his iole au
lite settle Dick blind to the tocial
and acial tenem AimmeLing bemiatlh te

njstics nond in lqualite peapetuatd hy

tu coomial wstem tis eliaactea higllita
e Rnitement and
tue iotnial mindt, ule celLontbuting

idumtity pod
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() MoSEs wat on tu lnELfn,

Mose, ue btactk
is cdepiced as loyal and hadwoking.
Mat
m a com7lux Mlatienhip wN wpmd ot
kewing divide Lonhidat anda
Aacial' and powe dypnani a
Lolonial Afeica, Lpscntiiag tti biack Aian
opulation. MDse is dspictd
the aaa conditions and eiial sedi
acshe Aernaim

Moe deelobed a comjex < nmlti<autad

ulaticndip wita Hhe otazaist Mauy. Thi
ulatisnaip ewolwes

niglat mpatay taat al aim to wndustand

May tggkis amd emot'enal twmoi Debie
hArolinate hosilúem o a slack mcoloniat
sOciety Moses ubsenta
paimt t oeive stuctes
wliit pemay. M chauactu ac s
wltimadly tacaqic, as he becomu entamud
eaent Ceading to Mauj demitis
uitth btacyal
amd vioina, higlaliglati adlatal conxqu
disieay nd boue
mbalan ianaunt mhoial tociety.
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(1V) CHARUE SAITER

A
wiute man uso bLcom obssessd uithe |

flis chcl actee .liglligls tHue

e Aacial teniems,
Md xial ons o tue
Cu alle becomes ob &ARsswely vn) oluatd ute

diing him to UCwngy cuati Gnd distubin

bchavow as he becanms i Xated
Mony. Caaulie emsdies the emtitlmemt emd
belies heA entitlec
neluina Mau, and bmeaie,

Qnd o cial tatu tuu manihlate otthe to

Mouy Leads to violmce and buutality Hi

bondaius dwe him to
ackmowlidge
ommit hiinGus

and ouustien ioheeit ing wliile colonial

oclety. Chai Slatu is a
Llonilim wete cautiemat tale
a

ae dangas of wnhuckd poer and

emlitlement.
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Cam
Tuun famlse conided
untal elemnt fuotagonit.
in Doris (e9sing's The au u kinging?
n The Grass Is Shging", aTumus aum cam
mdd
potaqunet in
smllleal 2ene
n allt, ima
t stting
ies
dlnies o tae chaarts woho inhalit
nd
a moe thon ust a back

wntoldig daama, ln<umam_ tae actieAs

anddeciin

Jhe jaum emacits tae colonial pojck in

-io contAadicim and wite
pluysical minit
ation
tlai
ton tthi xþloitatiem and jugation

ota witlin the uni hoshold and

n the boade soçal centt coloriial
Southun A<ica. ae powe stuglesiacial
dynai, and pylalagical biiLLes eat
clhaacteaize
nauatiue fowd
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Lcharacteus

am also

mio
fam belomes
isolatien and
aliematiÞn ie a dmam
dynaus chaacu, th
n umduqo ts oin taamsfoAnatien.

pascqe tim, aatd taeclicngimy ocial

amd bolittal lamchcasu o colonial'South
Aica. The chasnges miue Hae slailts
hwea ldemtity slationsipstact occs
Be hman laouacie

OveAaa Tun's aln

batagnniit im he qan Sining" in te
eme that it hlays acental amd
nd active ol
in shaping
chabimg Hal nauativê, emlioiin, taL
Lamd tenjlict ttae oyel, and thema
founey taanss mation wndinging
alongdi
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OyMBOLUSM in th Nevat
The
as o essing taemalic cxlonclin Ad

auatwe.

Quass ands amd l h , sewes as a poweaku

thae hah and wmjogiang ewemnt

Logleal emotimai landacaps a
chaicdu Thu VotnL and wicines

Dhuma xitence
The Tum
|-ement amd gocation
Aoial Mom4 expectatlomy taat (OMstiain

Land dsbai. The deeiatating comdidiem

colmialim
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Wte i a ecunirs ymial moil n

the
the dmimome
whie cosnial

and ppsse d colonia wym

The title o he novel tet pousg
Aican lamds cope cnd tai ntuicnAELdne
o human eK\stne witla tae naualucld.

tonsieH and ontadi imie

umdelying
colonial soiety
using qunty enploys animal Ümagy
condi ticn foa (Xamplu tie
mpienment 4 entamunt Mas
, waile te
toa eusamay
Ldamgua amd
uthesnt tu ukin
olena
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eads
tae mvitn?
hesrath
hiddsn layeu

CeNTRALHEMES
Centa theme, ttiat

with th alit)e colmiallm amd

Southe RaodÀa
Leminaudy poay

and Soclal ainsien o colonial soiity

dupictid with stak."alim
tae imjastices amd nLualities mhiwut

ideaity
t clacuact
the
4 alienctien , baticlaly ihouçl
fumeMy olatin
blomgisag in the hauh amd
sonent
eiimmemt a tle am, quaphling wit
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loneliness, dissalisl aclion amd

pol nant wpletatim
idintity im a sDuiety makud ky ali

Power cuyamic, aota ouet amdtg

- m amd
and acim. The ulite aeTtii wild
umclaicked authoity ovel ttae black tien
polatin,
examinb the aaye in wtice tbowe opeuales
within inteupeasenal Alatiasdiit pauiaut
lbetuasn Maus and tae bthea claaat
ealin t
itb impact n indinicuals and comOwnite,

The theme bot isalatien hewades tue nvel,

lctingr
aalitien ot eike im colomiad Soutthun Aia
Claouactil isolated not onluy qogaaic
lly, aut als hocially and emottonay
uading
ent amd
alings
xs
despau,dinilluianm
xstential am st. The novl
oaund lemelins that
accosmpamies colniaixm, Q wele as
hman capacity foa Aesilieme feivaL in
tace acheity
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Ihe Afsican landcase sewes aa

back do to the RNent e te movel's eUDRin
he haLsta amd
pyelealogical landca7e
twmoi aMd eistential stgqlus tla
lamdscabe, also loe conaes a ii e yamolic
Àpaiianu,
e
eldifin
iman exitene
witta tae natual wld.

and tapught hsawoking pxhloalian e

Lalenialm, acinon, idemtity and powea,
in colonial southun Afica amd ta
emduint