The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. I would describe Prufrock’s fantasy as a morbid fantasy he has come up with‚ that creates a long metaphor which correlates to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Through his mesmerizing use of dramatic monologue‚ he compares his version of hell as a lonely and abandoned dream‚ possible consciousness; that leads me to conclude that Prufrock’s problem ranges from a state of depression and loneliness that he integrates into this strange‚ ironic love song. 2. The simile in
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insecure man looking for his place in society. Prufrock has fallen in with the times‚ and places a lot of burden on social status and class to determine his individuality. He is ashamed of his personal appearance and looks towards social advancement as a way to assure himself and those around him of his value and establish who he is. Through out the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"‚ T.S. Eliot explores Prufrock’s conflict with society‚ love and self. The issue of Prufrock’s place in society
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Prufrock is presented as ‘an awkward and emasculated character’. To what extent do the metaphors in ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ create this view of the character? TS Eliot’s 20th Century poem ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ is widely seen as a modernist work that Eliot employs to make the reader of the poem actually create their own opinion of what is actually meant by the poem. The modernist movement happened mainly in the late 19th to early 20th Century and started with the French
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Title: The LoveSong of J. Alfred Prufrock In this dramatic soliloquy‚ a middle class male lives in a charmless environment that is physically and emotionally draining. The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock is misleading because this is not a song or a love story‚ but this builds on his personal feelings‚ insecurities‚ and personal thoughts.Throughout this poem Prufrock uses repetition‚ rhythm ‚ and allusion to further emphasize pessimism‚ lack of confidence‚ and an indecisive character who is afraid
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T.S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prurock" Analysis In T. S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" the author is establishing the danger the narrator is having dealing with getting older. Prufrock is the narrator in this poem‚ and believes that age is a burden and is totally troubled by it. He feels the prime of his life is over and he can’t love women the way he used to. His worry with the passing of time characterizes his fear of aging. The poem deals with these fears. In this
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The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock is a long and challenging poem that seems rather disjointed and confusing upon first reading. It seems as though us readers will never understand the deeper meaning of the poem without getting inside Eliot’s head and seeing his thought process for ourselves. However‚ through digging deeper and examining the piece closer we can find that this is meant to be an ironic and tragic tale of a man who feels isolated and incapable of decisive action. It is ironically called
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Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot has connections about a man who is unsatisfied with life and along with his decisions to think rather than to act. T.S. Eliot introduces to the readers‚ Alfred Prufrock‚ whom from reading the text‚ we can infer that Prufrock has insecurities within himself and his life in general. One of the first signs that show insecurity through Prufrock is when he questions‚ “To wonder‚ “Do I dare?” and‚ “Do I dare?”
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I think that Hamlet was more tragic in comparison to Agamemnon. The reason being is because in Hamlet Claudius is driven to kill his own brother‚ King Hamlet‚ just so he can marry his own sister-in-law. Hamlet is plotting to kill his own uncle and is speaks of his own mother in a hateful manner e:g Within a month‚ Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her gallèd eyes‚ She married. O most wicked speed‚ to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! A son
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Learning 1 Hamlet and Agamemnon are two extraordinary and timeless plays. Both plays deal with the big themes of love‚ loss‚ pride‚ the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Hamlet and Agamemnon‚ the protagonist of the plays that were named after them‚ are two tragic heroes that commit some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant they have been. Both protagonist are of higher status‚ and have power. However‚ Hamlet is more tragic than Agamemnon‚ for several
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In this poem‚ T.S. Eliot shows the character‚ J. Alfred Prufrock‚ as someone who second guesses all of his decisions and is afraid to change because of his fear of being judged by other people. And indeed there will be time To wonder‚ “Do I dare?” and‚ “Do I dare?” Time to turn back and descend the stair‚ With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— (They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”) My morning coat‚ my collar mounting firmly to the chin‚ My necktie rich and modest‚ but
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