Topic: Sartre said Hell is other people while Streisand sang; people who need other people are the luckiest people in the world. With whom do you agree with? The above statements present two very different perspectives regarding the social behaviors practiced around the world. One could even say that in the end it boils down to an extrovert Vs introvert or even optimism Vs pessimism debate‚ depending on how you look at it of course. But let’s not make it more complicated than it already is
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EZRA POUND’S IN A STATION OF THE METRO AND T.S. ELIOT’S THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK MAHRUKH BAIG M.Phil Applied Linguistics‚ “Lecturer English” University of Management and Technology‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan. ABSTRACT Pound and Eliot’s satiric criticism on the new morality of the modern world is skillfully achieved in their famous poems‚ “In a Station of the Metro” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. This research paper is aimed at a comparative analysis of these poems‚ with particular
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response‚ include analysis of ‘The Hollow Men’ and ONE other Eliot poem you have studied. T.S. Eliot conveys the deteriorating state of humanity in the beginning of the twentieth century in the poems The Hollow Men and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Events‚ such as World War I‚ from the early twentieth century have influenced Eliot to express the superficiality and materialistic desire for wealth in modern society. The changing modern world with fallen morals and events such as the suffragette
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Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock?" "Let us go then‚ you and I". Throughout the poem‚ The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock‚ written by TS Eliot‚ there is a consistent use of the words ’you’ and ’I’. Not much is said about the narrator or who he is talking to and after conducting research on TS Eliot himself as well as reading opinions of critics on this topic‚ my understanding of who the ’you’ and ’I’ is has changed quite significantly. The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock was originally written
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became a Christian. Of his renowned poems‚ ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ and ‘East Coker’ are two comparable pieces that‚ together‚ provide insight to Eliot’s life‚ values and styles both pre and post conversion. In ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’‚ Eliot has a cynical‚ pessimistic understanding of the world. In it‚ he writes of regret‚ longing‚ decay and despondency. Given the author’s milieu and context‚ ‘Prufrock’ is a poem which encompasses the desolate feel of America during the
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motif brought forth prominently in Joyce’s works. In Dubliners‚ his book of short stories as well as his supposed autobiography‚ Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ Joyce shows religious turmoil and indecision through his characters. Stephen Dedalus‚ the main character in the journal-like story of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ goes through an internal turmoil of his own throughout the entire book on how he would view religion. He shows certain extremities of religious views during his
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Stephen blessing the dinner. And at that dinner‚ it was the first time when Stephen doubted a little about religion and God‚ but more about churches and priests and their missions on Earth‚ because Mr. Dedalus and Dante had a conversation about which is the role of the priests in a church. Mr. Dedalus thought that priests were false and they were just as politicians and Dante thought that churches‚ priests and religion had nothing to do with politics and money. As you imagine‚ Stephen was wondering
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there left to do‚ what great adventures left to take‚ or great deeds left to be done. As Prufrock becomes and old man “I grow old…I grow old” (Eliot 119) he is searching for anything left in his life‚ some meaning‚ some purpose‚ something to inspire him. And honestly who has not been lost‚ searching for the meaning of the next day a purpose to get out of bed or go to work. Throughout The love song Prufrock speaks of things he has done and seen but nothing of what he will do. It is as if he no
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pushes him into a cesspool‚ academic contest‚ thinks of different names for God‚ Stephan goes to Infirmary‚ brother Michael is nice to him‚ S is homesick‚ wonders if he will die‚ Parnell’s death is announced‚ Stephan goes home for Christmas‚ Mr. Dedalus and Dante fight about politics and involvement in the church‚ Mr. Casey weeps for Parnell‚ S goes back to school‚ Athy tells of the boys who were caught in homosexual play‚ Father Dolan notices S isn’t working‚ Father Arnall says S is excused because
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poet‚ playwright and critic T.S. Eliot‚ and certainly with his first major work‚ "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ". Eliot wrote the poem‚ after all‚ years before Andre Breton and his compatriots began defining and practicing "surrealism" proper. Andre Breton published his first "Manifesto of Surrealism" in 1924‚ seven years after Eliot’s publication of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". It was this manifesto which defined the movement in philosophical and psychological terms. Moreover‚ Eliot
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