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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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    Comparing the Unlikely

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    they wear. They are both characters that are in love with a person that they cannot openly admit this to. They both ponder and wonder whether or not they dare to tell her. And indeed there will be a time to wonder‚ "Do I dare?" and "Do I dare?" (Eliot 666). Neither of them could bear the thought of her not returning their love so they hide it and keep it quiet. Though Gatsby does end up admitting his feelings for her‚ he spends each year after he met her thinking about her‚ and then months across

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    T.S.Eliot's the Waste Land

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    How are issues of faith or belief represented in T.S.Eliot ’s The Waste Land? Faith and belief‚ or the lack of it‚ has always played a major part in T.S. Eliot’s canon; perhaps more than any other Modernist writer‚ Eliot reflects the zeitgeist that was described by Spears Brooker (1994) as “characterized by a collapse of faith in human innate goodness and in the inevitability of progress.” (Brooker Spears‚ 1994‚ p.61) To this end‚ this paper looks at how such issues are represented in Eliot’s early

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    In “The Hollow Men” and the story excerpt “The Things They Carried” both authors‚ T.S. Eliot and Tim O’Brien‚ utilize similar techniques such as imagery and tone‚ while having a different purpose for writing. In the poem “The Hollow Men‚” T.S. Eliot apples imagery and tone to help his audience apprehend how life without a purpose proves to be a waste when the world’s final hours are close. As for in the excerpt‚ “The Things They Carried”‚ the author uses his techniques to demonstrate the toll that

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    Modernists aimed to reflect reality in ways more ‘real’ than conventional literature. The modernism movement was prompted by a widespread disillusionment in society that resulted from contextual events. This allowed an altered view of the world as fractured and chaotic‚ especially due to paralysis and alienation in modern society. This newly perceived reality is reflected through techniques of fragmentation in modernist works such as James Joyce’s short story “Araby” and T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love

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    W.B. Yeats

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    William Butler Yeats On June 13‚ 1865 the erie town of Sandymount‚ Ireland welcomed William Butler Yeats‚ who later becomes a legend in modern English literature. In 1867 his family moved to London‚ but he frequently visited his grandparents in Northern Ireland. There he was immensely influenced by the folklore of the region. Eventually in 1881 his family returned to Dublin. There Yeats studied at the Metropolitan School of Art‚ getting increasingly more focused on literature‚ and later evolving

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    Prufrock in Progress

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    Prufrock in Progress In A Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot‚ the main character‚ J. Alfred Prufrock battles with his identification in the world. T.S. Eliot comprises this character with traits that any human being can relate to‚ like fear and desire‚ while ironically depicting the character as a monster. This dueling monster lives within Prufrock. His desire to be accepted is bogged down by his unworthy self-esteem because of his lack of human relationships. Prufrock is a relatable

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    Critical Study of Texts: Poetry – T.S Eliot Task: “What Will Continue To Make Eliot’s Poetry Worthy Of Critical Study?” Referring to two poems‚ defend the question through a critical evaluation of Eliot’s poetry‚ analysing the construction‚ content and language Modernism is a literary movement that emerged in the early 20th century in response to social reforms‚ developments in psychology and anthropology‚ and the rapid industrialisation and mechanisation of society. There is a strong connection

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    car visible was the dust covered wreck of a ford” Fitzgerald portrays the imagery of an old‚ decaying car‚ which is a symbol of Wilson himself. This can be compared with the renowned poem by T.S. Eliot “The Hollow Men” as he illustrates “Shape without form‚ shade without colour‚ paralysed force” here Eliot is illustrating how the men

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    “The importance of Modernism was in its ability to unite the masses by illuminating common feelings of disillusionment and rebellion through artistic forms.” Argue with reference to two poems of T.S Eliot and one additional text of you choosing. Rebellion and Disillusionment were fundamental feelings expressed by Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They came about as a result of a myriad of factors including; industrialisation‚ urbanisation‚ technological advances‚ militaristic

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