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Acknowledgements
1. General Introduction
1.1 Historical content
1.2 Eliot's artistic views
2. The Important Factors Influencing The Waste Land
2.1 Perspectives on the 20th century
2.2 Eliot's philosophical background
3. Mythical Method and Tiresias' Function in Mythological Perspective
3.1 Mythical method and mythic consciousness
3.2 Tiresias' function in mythological perspective
4. Tiresias' Ironic Function in The Waste Land
4.1 The myth of tiresias in literary tradition
4.2 Tiresias' ironic function in The Waste Land
4.2.1 Tiresias' ironic function in section three
4.2.2 The irony of section five
5. Tiresias' Function in the Structure of The Waste Land
5.1 The structure of The Waste Land
5.2 Tiresias' function in the structure of The Waste Land
6. Conclusion
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