Eleanor Rigby

A detailed Summary of Eleanor Rigby

Looking close at the poem turned hit song, Eleanor Rigby, reveals that it is the analysis of why the lonely people are so lonely. The two characters Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie are connected by the church, in this case it is same church in which Father McKenzie preaches and Eleanor Rigby cleans.

“Eleanor Rigby / Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been” (lines 1- 4). It is not apparent immediately but Eleanor is a custodian at the church. When authors John Lennon and Paul McCartney talk about she “Lives in a dream,” (line 5) the responses almost always reflect on Eleanor’s dream to some day marry. The controversial line “Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door.” (line 7) had many outlooks. The “face is probably the face that she puts on to look beautiful, the jar being the makeup jar from which the face comes. She waits each night by her window, waiting for a caller, all prettied up with no one to notice”

McBain, Tina. “The History of Eleanor Rigby.” The Eleanor Rigby Experience: Art Lennon and McCartney. World Wide Web: http://www.raconteurs.demon.co.uk/history.html. March 04, 2001.

Entry Points. World Wide Web: http://www.entrypoints.com. March 04, 2001.

Darning his socks in the night when there’s nobody there. (lines 15- 17)

The minister of the church should see that he has a dreaming, lonely woman sitting in the back of the chapel, wedding after wedding. Because no actions were taken Eleanor Rigby dies alone, due to the fact she was unable to tell anyone how she felt. Father McKenzie’s sermon will not be heard, not that he cares very much about his parishioners, because religious faith has perished along with communal essence. By having a definite end to the poem turned hit song we know that Eleanor Rigby’s life was terminated.

Though he has a higher position in life than Eleanor Rigby, Father McKenzie is no more successful. He writes “the words to a sermon

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Approximate Word count = 688
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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