texts. Consider this statement by exploring the relationship between text and context in at least two poems you studied by Eliot. Eliot’s modernist poems‚ Preludes and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ depict the effects of industrialisation on societal consciousness‚ through lenses coloured by war and suffering. Through the eyes of two alienated individuals‚ Eliot suggests that life is bereft of meaning‚ and that to live is not to engage with God and morality‚ but with nothing at all.
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Quest and Prufrock The Holy Grail is the central device in Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval‚ the Story of the Grail. T.S. Eliot takes this medieval romance and modernizes aspects of it in his poem‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. The poem exhibits the features of a grail quest‚ albeit in an inverted form. Eliot uses Prufrock as a kind of Perceval; Prufrock is a character in search of a grail of sorts‚ but Prufrock’s grail takes the form of a woman. However‚ unlike Perceval‚ Prufrock is a more
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my friend at a sleepover at her house. “It’s ‘Love Song’ by Sara Bareilles.” “Oh‚ I haven’t heard of that.” Little did I know I had heard that song before – I just didn’t recognize it. A few weeks passed and I recognized a certain type of piano playing on the radio. Aubrey plays this song‚ I realized. I listened to the song and I remember loving it and wanting to listen to it again. A couple months later‚ I watched American Idol‚ and the song is performed several times. A few more months pass
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SONG OF SEVEN LOVES • I crave your pardon‚ royal kin‚ Whose praises cheer my heart so well; If I should wound some feelings by The story I mean to tell. Deep loves which I alone have known I venture to reveal to you. They echo here within my heart As fond desire will ever do.A thousand aching memories— I think shall never be forgot— Still whisper to me in the air Of loves that love me not. My first love was a hidden sun‚ A dawn which never came today‚ But like a lovely knot
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Thomas Stearns Eliot born on September 26 1888 lived in St. Louis‚ Missouri the seventh child of Charlotte Stearns and Henry Eliot. He attended a plethora of colleges ‚ but received his degrees at Harvard University earning his Bachelor’s in June of 1909‚ his Masters in February of 1911 and Ph.D courses in October 1911 through May 1914. In the year 1915-1916 he went to Oxford University and spent time publishing his doctoral dissertation in philosophy of F.H Bradley in 1964. Later on‚ he focused
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knowledge. He studied science‚ philosophy‚ law‚ and natural history. As a writer‚ he is remembered best for his wise essays in which he reveals his personal views on a wide range of topics. In the following essay‚ Bacon describes the benefits of reading. T H I N K T H R O U G H H I S T O R Y : Comparing What comparisons does Bacon draw between studies and physical exercise? Studies serve for delight‚ for ornament‚1 and for ability. Their chief use for delight‚ is in privateness and retiring;
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Kyle Mootry Charles DeShong American Lit. II 4/24/2013 T.S. Eliot is thoroughly viewed as one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century‚ and one of the most important writers of the modernist era. He hated traditional realism by responding against Romantic poetry. His collection of work was extremely experimental and he repeatedly deals with the views of symbolism and imagism in his poetry. America in the early part of the twentieth century was changing quickly and becoming more
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English exam on you’ll begin to grow a ’bald spot’ (if you haven’t realised‚ that phrase is from Prufrock). Well‚ let me assist you by revealing my feelings and analysis on TS Eliot’s issues and concerns. Since I’ve only studied ’The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’‚ ’Portrait of a Lady’‚ ’Rhapsody on a Windy Night’ and ’Preludes’‚ I’ll be relating my explanation to those poems. The human conditions that Eliot represents are trivial‚ struggle‚ pessimism‚ depersonalisation‚ despair and desolation. His
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example‚ Prufrock fears women because they can have his head “brought upon a platter” (Eliot 82). The quote alludes to the beheading of St. John the Baptist‚ an oil painting by Caravaggio in 1608. The biblical allusion tells the story of Herod‚ the tetrarch‚ imprisoning John the Baptist for divorcing his wife and uptaking his brother’s wife‚ Herodia. Furthermore‚ Herodia’s daughter Salome requests for John’s head on a platter from Herod who promises to fulfill her desires (Graves). Eliot utilizes
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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" T. S. Eliot reveals the silent insecurity of a man‚ for whom the passing of time indicates the loss of virility and confidence. Throughout the poem‚ Prufrock struggles with his fear of inadequacy‚ which surfaces socially‚ physically and romantically. The desire to ask some "overwhelming question‚" of the one he wants is outweighed by his diffidence‚ reinforcing his belief in his shortcomings. Ultimately‚ this poem is the internal soliloquy of someone who
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