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 he is filled with spiritual morbidity
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”‚ is a dramatic monologue in which the speaker recalls his insecurities in dealing with the opposite sex and the choices he made in general in his life. He wonders if he should have done things differently. Prufrock starts in a city-scape “Like a patient etherised upon a table;/ Let us go‚ through certain half-deserted streets” and ends on a beach “I shall wear white flannel trousers‚ and walk upon the beach
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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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In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S Eliot imagery plays an important part in this poem. Prufrock is full of imagery that sets the tone of this poem. Prufrock is a model of a person representing the cultural‚ moral state that Eliot considers to be the same as his time. Prufrock fits the profile of a late Victorian man that suffering from mental depression. His life seems to be boring with the routine he have. He shows a lot of imagery in this poem. He uses imagery with the fog
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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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Prufrock Essay In T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”‚ Prufrock who is the narrator speaks with an unconfident tone towards finding love. Throughout the poem Prufrock has an unmotivated attitude in which he is regretful about being insecure with himself‚ especially‚ in front of women. The reader may notice that Prufrock is very self conscious of himself when he is in the presence of a woman. He also has no drive or motivation to go after them. Prufrock’s lack of confidence causes
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Prufrock Paralysis The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ written by T.S. Eliot‚ is a truly depressing poem. The poem concerns with a character (Prufrock) that can see and understand the values in life – love‚ joy‚ companionship‚ and courageousness – but is unable to act on his longings. The poem shows constant struggles of Prufrock’s uselessness. The worst part about his uselessness is that he is conscious of it. T.S. Eliot uses the theme of Paralysis‚ the incapacity to act‚ throughout the whole
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In "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" by T.S. Elliot‚ the speaker is Prufrock himself. He is debating with the two conflicting sides of his personality. One wants him to propose love‚ the other wants him to hold back. The setting is most likely in the early 1920s or so‚ taking into consideration the afternoon tea‚ the shawls the ladies wear‚ and "the skirts that trail along the floor"(102). The situation is fairly straightforward in some respects. Alfred Prufrock is on his way to a tea in the
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot is a poem I would not recommend anyone still trying to hang on to his or her youth. T. S. Eliot’s poem‚ about a man named J. Alfred Prufrock‚ is a pessimistic poem looking at the seemingly wasted life of an aging man. The poem is told from the viewpoint of a very sad man named J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem takes place in the city of St. Louis‚ which T. S. Eliot does not portray in a very good light. T. S Eliot’s creation of a depressing mood‚ powerful
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Alfred Prufrock”. This poem was published in June 1915 in the “Poetry: A Magazine of Verse” with the help of his close friend Ezra. The epigraph of the poem is a quotation from Dante Alighieri´s Divine Comedy‚ from the first of the three canticas‚ Inferno. The reason for that is Eliot´s obsession and extensive reading of Dante at that time. Eliot´s poetry‚ including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the combination of past and modern time. The
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