| T.S. Eliot's Food Bowl | |
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Origin |
T. S. Eliot |
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Type |
Bowl |
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Effects |
Makes felines grow beyond normal size |
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Downsides |
Causes them to repeatedly die and revive |
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Activation |
Having a cat eat from it |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
349227-8864 |
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Shelf |
384310-6511-412 |
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Date of Collection |
June 8, 1973 |
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Origin[]
Thomas Stearns Eliot was an American-born British essayist, playwright and poet whose poems are some of the most famous in the English language. These include The Wasteland, The Hollow Men, Four Quartets and Murder in the Cathedral. He was also a substantial literary critic; although critical of his own works, he pushed for the idea of objective correlative, where the thoughts and actions of characters are clearly stated through the text. In one article, he criticized Shakespeare’s Hamlet, both the play and character, for being ineffectual at clearly presenting Hamlet’s emotional struggles and for using the main character only as a semi-major player.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, published by Eliot in 1939, consists of a collection of childlike poems after feline behavior. The book was later used as a springboard the musical Cats, which features many of the original characters. In it, a tribe of sentient cats explains to the audience the ritual by which they choose who will be born again into a new life.
Effects[]
Increases the size of cats that eat from it, transforming the typical tabby to be person-sized. Their intelligence is marginally increased, allowing them to understand simple human activities. During the effect, they will likely pass on and then revive, shrinking with each rebirth.