Priscilla Grunauer Period 3 3-27-07 3. The evening in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is compared with “a patient etherized upon a table‚” the “evening is spread out against the sky.” T.S. Eliot has compared his lonely night to a patient who is under an anesthetic‚ completely numb to all that surrounds him. “The evening is spread out against the sky‚” gives a very distinct image lending itself to another image; a patient spread upon an operating table completely subdued. 7. The obvious
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a beautifully written‚ but yet somewhat sad poem by poet T. S. Eliot. It tells the inner thoughts of a lonely man who is seeking love of a woman‚ but his own fear of rejection causes him to stray from following through with the action. The poem title itself is very ironic because the character himself is fearful‚ anti-heroic and unromantic. For someone who is in love‚ wants to find love‚ or wants to be in love they have to be courageous and willing to take whatever
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T. S. Eliot uses irony and symbolism to capture the reader’s attention in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem has a dramatic discourse. The percipience of life’s emptiness is the main theme of the poem. Eliot exhorts the spiritual decomposition by exploring a type of life in death. T. S. Eliot‚ who in the Clark Lectures notes‚ "Real Irony is an expression of suffering"(Lobb‚ 53)‚ uses irony and symbolism throughout the poem to exemplify the suffering of J. Alfred Prufrock who believes
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" By T.S Eliot Who among us has not been to a social event or in a situation where they have felt uncomfortable or self conscience‚ perhaps at family events or at a party where the you are unfamiliar with the guest or even the host . However for some people this problem goes far beyond social events and seeps into daily life taking away happiness before it is even gained. In T.S. Eliot’s poem "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" the persona is so crippled
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In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot‚ Prufrock is a man that is pessimistic‚ has low self-esteem‚ and has much internal conflict. He believes that he isn’t good enough for the women of his desire; this theme also becomes a motif. The epigraph of the poem is an excerpt from Dante’s Inferno‚ in which that the perfect audience could only be someone who would never be allowed into the real world where that person(s) might reveal Prufrock’s idiosyncrasies. This of course
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In T. S Eliot’s literary work‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is introduced with an epigraph from Dante’s Inferno to support the protagonist’s paralysis and the futility of life. The poem is considered a vital work in post modern art used to deconstruct and dehumanize the protagonist’s subjectivity. The epigraph from Dante’s Inferno is quoted by a man trapped in the eighth circle of Dante’s fictional construct of Hell and shares similar existential outlooks on the purpose of life. The epigraph
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Love is a word that can be described in many ways. In the song “Toxic” by Britney Spears‚ poison is defined as love‚ an addiction that one cannot escape. When one is in love‚ one is usually in a state in which they are oblivious of all their exterior surroundings and can only focus on one thing: the person they love. In fact‚ that love develops into an addiction. That is where I believe the problem lies. Adolescents and young adults throw their lives away in the early stages of their lives because
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Question: Part A: Analyze the social and historical context of a particular poem Poem: T. S. Eliot‚ ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The context of any given text whether poetry‚ novels or a movie is always integral to its understanding. Social and historical context of not only the given text‚ but the writer’s context and reader’s context play an important role in the interpretation and understanding of the major ideas‚ issues‚ values and beliefs within the text. T.S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
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Chapter 5 Case Analysis IV: A Cross-Tradition Examination—Philosophical Concern with Truth in Classical Daoism It is philosophically interesting and significant to explore the philosophical concern with truth from a vantage point that crosses traditions‚ instead of looking at it exclusively within one single philosophical tradition (i.e.‚ the Western philosophical tradition). Such exploration can not only enhance our understanding of the nature‚ scope and characteristics of the philosophical
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock “A reader’s response to a text is influenced by that responder’s social‚ cultural and historical context” Choosing one of T.S Eliot’s poems set for study‚ consider to what extent your personal response to your chosen poem has been shaped by the enduring power of its intellectual and artistic qualities. (Quote) “There will be time‚ there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;” Good morning /Afternoon Ms and fellow classmates. A
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