3. Write a short paragraph on Jellicle Cats based on your reading of the poem 'The Song of the Jellicles.
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"Jellicle cats" are briefly mentioned in T. S. Eliot's 1933 poem "Five-Finger Exercises", although they are not described until Eliot's poem "The Song of the Jellicles", where Jellicle cats were depicted as commonly nocturnal black and white, scruffy cats. Specifically, Eliot mentions that they like to gather at an event called the "Jellicle Ball". The name "Jellicle" comes from an unpublished poem by Eliot entitled "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats", where "Pollicle dogs" is a corruption of "poor little dogs" and "Jellicle cats" of "dear little cats".
In contrast with their original poem, the Jellicles in Cats possess many kinds of coat-patterns, diverse personalities and individual talents. Many of the ensemble characters were created by the original 1981 London cast through extensive improvisation sessions held during the rehearsal process. Musical theatre scholar Vagelis Siropoulos noted that the level of detail given to each character was crucial in fleshing out the fantasy world of Cats, with even the minor cats having established personalities, relationships and hierarchies within the tribe.[4] In the musical, sub-plots involving individual Jellicle cats include the strife of Grizabella, a former "glamour cat", and the kidnapping of the Jellicle patriarch, Old Deuteronomy.
A total of 54 cat names are given in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats,[5] most of which Eliot derived from British culture, including references to Anglican traditions, historic and literary figures, as well as geographical locations.[6] When not taken from a corresponding eponymous poem, many of the character names from the musical are taken from Eliot's poem "The Naming of Cats".
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jellicle cats are not big jellicle cats are roly poly jellicle cats are black and white jellicle cats are moderate size jellicle cats come out to night jellicle cat come to the jellicle Ball jellicle cats have moonlit eyes jellicle cat jump like a jumping jacks jellicle cat dance by the light of the jellicle moon jellicle cats have cheerfully faces jellicle cats have bright black eyes jellicle cats develop slowly jellicle cats are resting and saving themselves to be bright for the jellicle moon and the jellicle ball