Priscilla Grunauer Period 3 3-27-07 3. The evening in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is compared with “a patient etherized upon a table‚” the “evening is spread out against the sky.” T.S. Eliot has compared his lonely night to a patient who is under an anesthetic‚ completely numb to all that surrounds him. “The evening is spread out against the sky‚” gives a very distinct image lending itself to another image; a patient spread upon an operating table completely subdued. 7. The obvious
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Chapter 5 Case Analysis IV: A Cross-Tradition Examination—Philosophical Concern with Truth in Classical Daoism It is philosophically interesting and significant to explore the philosophical concern with truth from a vantage point that crosses traditions‚ instead of looking at it exclusively within one single philosophical tradition (i.e.‚ the Western philosophical tradition). Such exploration can not only enhance our understanding of the nature‚ scope and characteristics of the philosophical
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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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Robert Vahrenhold SS310: Exploring the 1960’s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Prof. William Rookstoolii Cold War Assignment During the 1960’s‚ one of the most thing that the American government and the American people had to face was the Cold War. People who grew up during the 1950’s‚ 60’s‚ and 70’s would have talked about the war like it was an everyday thing. But‚ as the years and decades have gone by people have might have a different option and some might not even know or remember what
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Love is a word that can be described in many ways. In the song “Toxic” by Britney Spears‚ poison is defined as love‚ an addiction that one cannot escape. When one is in love‚ one is usually in a state in which they are oblivious of all their exterior surroundings and can only focus on one thing: the person they love. In fact‚ that love develops into an addiction. That is where I believe the problem lies. Adolescents and young adults throw their lives away in the early stages of their lives because
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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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The Song of Songs vs. Lady Antebellum’s “Our Kind of Love” The excerpts from The Bedford Anthology of World Literature entitled The Song of Songs can correlate to the contemporary love song “Our Kind of Love” sang by the notorious‚ award-winning country music group Lady Antebellum. Besides the fact that these two works were written under antithetical circumstances and during distinctly different time periods‚ they both share many of the same attributes. Both of these works closely examine the word
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Can the Subaltern Speak? – Summary Gayatri Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an unsettling voice in literary theory and especially‚ postcolonial studies. She has describes herself as a “practical deconstructionist feminist Marxist” and as a “gadfly”. She uses deconstruction to examine "how truth is constructed" and to deploy the assertions of one intellectual and political position (such as Marxism) to "interrupt" or "bring into crisis" another (feminism‚ for example). In her work‚ she combines
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock “A reader’s response to a text is influenced by that responder’s social‚ cultural and historical context” Choosing one of T.S Eliot’s poems set for study‚ consider to what extent your personal response to your chosen poem has been shaped by the enduring power of its intellectual and artistic qualities. (Quote) “There will be time‚ there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;” Good morning /Afternoon Ms and fellow classmates. A
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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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