Abstract
Yeats and Eliot, in each of their poems, redefine the Magi, according to their imagination and the demands of the times. The two poets share a disbelief in the goodness of man’s nature, but the differences of their religious attitude cause them to view the Nativity differently. The purpose of this paper is to survey the view of the coming days from the religious perspective of those two poets, Yeats and Eliot, comparing “The Magi” and “Journey of the Magi”.<BR> Yeats conveys to his readers the symbol of stars, the prophetic priests, and history. “Journey of the Magi” exemplifies the birth and death of Jesus Christ, the Savior who will come into the world, the resurrection, and the second coming, requesting religiosity, morality, recovery of humanity and personality. On the other hand, “The Magi” warns us against too much optimism about modern science and asks us to pay attention to the historical cycle of the Second Coming and the Judgment of the world.<BR> Both Yeats and Eliot present a process of renewal, but Eliot focuses on a particular person’s transformation, whereas Yeats predicts a switch of the entire world as a result of an escalation of chaos.
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