"The Hollow Man" by T.S. Eliot. Condition of the hollow men?

Question

Two to three lines from the poem that show the condition of hollow men? T.S. Eliot is contrasting these men with Guy Fawkes and Kurtz, so he is saying these men are not strong?

Also, in part V what is the shadow that prevents the hollow men from acting?

Answer 1

He's saying the Hollow Men are dead... Lots of people equate "the hollow men" with scarecrows because it says "we are the stuffed men"- but it means the bodies are "stuffed" with embalming fluid- the "shadow" that prevents them from acting is the grave-they can't do anything that matters because they're not alive.