Comprehension:
>> The first theme, the journey of Christ's disciples to Emmaus after the Resurrection, in conveyed at line 39. Eliot makes reference to the account of one of the Antarctic expeditions; it was related that the party of explores, at the extremity of the strength, had the delusion that there was one more member than could actually be counted. This memory is associated of the journey of Christ's disciples to Emmaus, when they did not recognize the man who wet with them s the resurrected Christ.
The second theme, the approach to the Chapel Perilous in the Holy Grail legend, is conveyed at line 60. in this line is expressed the moment of near despair before the Chapel Perilous, when the knight sees nothing there but decay.
The third theme, the present decay of Eastern Europe, is conveyed in the whole The Waste Land. in this extract is more evident in the final section.
>> Written on the book

Interpretation:
>> there are three interpretation:
a. Datta: to give alms
b. Dayadhvam: to have compassion
c. Damyata: to practice self control
>> the quotations
>> The message is the decaying of Western Culture. I think the last words are in Sanskrit because in the Hindu culture life is conceived as a turning wheel and so after decaying there is resurrection.
>> Your files
>> with Eliot's notes I understand much better his quotations. Without the notes I would not understand message conveyed by quotations, because I have not such culture.
>> obscurity is caused by quotations, juxtaposition of scenes, the apparent lack of a logical thread.
>> the juxtaposition of scenes with apparently seem not tied.
>> they are similar because make reader reflect of themes evoked by what the have written.