چكيده فارسي :
Alienation, uncertainty, and complexity of the modern age drive its writers todo something in one way or another .T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), one of the mostinfluential modernist poets of his time, dedicates major of his poetry to exposethe modern individual s inability that he sees in himself and in his society.According to some critics, The Hollow Men (1925), is one of Eliot s mostdifficult poems. It is a dramatisation of a state of spiritual and emotionalsterility, in which Eliot tragically presents a group of men aware of theshallowness of the society which they conform.This study is an attempt to convey Eliot s mood and theme through TheHollow Men to discuss specifically the state of spiritual and emotional sterility.Accordingly, the study starts with an introduction which sheds light on the poet sthought and the poem, and revolves around the insignificance of the individualin the modern age. Then, it traces Eliot s themes of emptiness, hollowness, andspiritual and emotional sterility. Finally, the study summarizes the reasons ofspiritual and emotional sterility, and its results on the modern individuals. Thestudy ends with notes and bibliography
