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...incapacity to act due to over-thinking. This is expressed perfectly in his ‘love story’. It is apparent in the poem that Prufrock has difficulty mustering his confidence due to having troubled relationships with women. As highlighted in the essay entitled Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it is emphasized that Prufrock feels some awkwardness contemplating on the female sexuality, as he brooded over the woman’s “light brown hair” (64). The same behavioral act can be seen in his peevish reaction as he imagines the woman responding to his marriage...
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...of the English Literature ic and Modern) of the Teacher 11 December T.S. Eliot- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock There is no denying the fact that The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock happens to be one of the most well known poems of the 20th century. The poem consists of a dramatic monologue by the central character that is J. Alfred Prufrock, trying to come to terms with the social setup in which he is placed. In the poem T.S. Eliot presents Prufrock as an anti-hero...
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...that are self-conscious, foolish, shy or awkward. Because of this, the audience is able to understand him and feel for his situation as he descends into old age alone. However, through this poem, Prufrock and Eliot by extension are able to encourage the reader to move beyond those feelings in order to make the connections they need. Even though he will probably die within his continuing isolation, it will be hard to forget him which was ultimately what he wanted. Works Cited Eliot, T.S. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Prufrock and Other Observations. London: The Egoist, 1917....
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...The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - By T. S. Eliot Contrary to what the implies, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, is anything but a love song. It is instead quite the opposite. Although the poem is open to several interpretations, after careful reading of the poem, the several underlying themes can be expressed by one central idea. In the poem, the narrator, J. Alfred Prufrock, portrays his...
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...On Bruce Hayman's "How Old is Prufrock Does He Want to Get Married" The analysis of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by Bruce Hayman in his article entitled "How Old is Prufrock Does He Want to Get Married" is a comprehensive explanation and illustration of several aspects of the puzzling yet appealing persona of the equally puzzling and appealing poem.
The article starts with a third question: "What difference does it make whether Prufrock is young or middle-aged, or whether he wants to get married or not" (68). Hayman gives five reasons that there is really a "significant difference" such as: 1. Nothing much is known about J. Alfred Prufrock; 2. The way the two questions are answered matters; 3. The poem could... ...
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...the eyes of a futile dilletante. The title, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” sets the mood for the poem with its contrast between the alluring love song and the unromantic business signature of J. Alfred Prufrock.
We shall now venture to analyze Eliot’s poem – the words love song taken from the title suggests conventional sentiment to readers, but this is immediately questioned by the curious name, J. Alfred Prufrock. This name is generally associated with a...
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...The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Examined Although the of T.S. Eliot’s poem indicates that it is a love song, the reader quickly understands that it is perhaps exactly the opposite – a song of loneliness, isolation and meaninglessness. By using dramatic monologue, which is presented in a stream of consciousness mode, the reader of J. Alfred Prufrock is given the impression that they are intimately involved in the workings of the main character’s mind. As Prufrock thinks through his monotonous life, he reveals his...
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... state. It is important because it helps the audiences and readers conceptualize what is being communicated across and come up with almost, the same conclusion as the writer of the poem.
Works Cited
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Eliot, S, Thomas; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; New York. Ameron. 1930.... T.S. Elliot; The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Literature is any written work, and the song is as well part of it. "The Love Song" by Elliot fits as a literature because of its formal nature or...
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...T.S.Elliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 1910 – 1915 Eliot began this poem when he was only 21, yet in some ways it reflects his own experiences, as he was still a virgin in his late twenties. He was part of the modernist movement in literature which began in the years around the turn of the century. It was a time of reaction against the ways of the previous generation in a world which was changing rapidly. The result was unexpected breaks with the former ways of looking at, describing and interpreting the world.
The poem is a modernist monologue, and in his inner musings Prufrock reveals a lot about himself,...
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...The Love Song by J. Alfred Prufrock critique. This poem is earliest of Eliot’s main works and was completed around 1910 but not published until up to 1915 (Rampal 108). It is an analysis of the tortured soul of the prototypical contemporary man - overeducated, neurotic, eloquent, and emotionally stilted. The author, the poem’s speaker, appears to be addressing a particular potential lover, with whom he wishes “forcing the moment to its crisis” (CP 2) by somehow achieving their relationship.
Prufrocks paralysis follows certainly from this subjectivism of everything. If each perception is an opaque domain, then the author...
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