The Hollow Men If Edgar Allen Poe’s “Mask of the Red Death” had been set anywhere other than in 1300’s England, the story would have lost its theme. How would Poe have relayed the idea that you can not cheat death if the story was not set during the plague? In the same way, Eliot could not have set “The Hollow Men” any where other than in different kingdoms of death, and an English …showed first 75 words of 1356 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1356 total…the parishioners. Through every part and every setting of the poem, the idea that the hollow men are empty and stuck in one place is clearly shown. However, without the settings of “death’s dream kingdoms” or the church, it would not be clear that the men are hollow inside and do not have the ability to move on after they die. Work Cited Elliot, T.S. “The Hollow Men”. Collected Poems 1909-1935. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**