Although T.S. Eliot's play "Death in the Cathedral" is set in 1170, it is a modern poetic drama that achieved popularity in 1935. This lesson is designed to facilitate a discussion about modernism and how Eliot's work fits into the same era that produced such iconic pieces as The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali and Guernica by Pablo Picasso. By examining the mood, tone and artistic choices of several key pieces of modern art, students will better be able to grasp the choices Eliot made in