Mr. Eugenides (Smyrna merchant)
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Mr. Eugenides is a minor but symbolically rich character in T.S. Eliot’s "The Waste Land," depicted as a foreign merchant from Smyrna whose brief appearance underscores themes of alienation, sexual ambiguity, and cultural dislocation in modern urban life.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Eugenides (Smyrna merchant) canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Waste Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSection | The Fire Sermon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
commercialism
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cosmopolitanism ⓘ fragmentation ⓘ sexual tension ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
London
NERFINISHED
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Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | minor character ⓘ |
| createdBy | T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | Smyrna merchant ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| invitesNarratorTo | weekend at the Metropole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
French
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demotic Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
contributes to poem’s cosmopolitan atmosphere
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intensifies sense of modern urban alienation ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernism ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| nationality | Greek ⓘ |
| occupation | merchant ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
symbol of alienation
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symbol of cultural dislocation ⓘ symbol of sexual ambiguity ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cultural hybridity
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dislocated identity ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| workPublishedIn | The Waste Land (1922) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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