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    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 was one of the twentieth century’s major poets and still remains

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    “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”‚ is a dramatic monologue in which the speaker recalls his insecurities in dealing with the opposite sex and the choices he made in general in his life. He wonders if he should have done things differently. Prufrock starts in a city-scape “Like a patient etherised upon a table;/ Let us go‚ through certain half-deserted streets” and ends on a beach “I shall wear white flannel trousers‚ and walk upon the beach

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    British and American poetry. With poems such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ he introduced an edgy‚ disenchanted‚ utterly contemporary version of French Symbolism to the English-speaking world. Most poets recognize that in producing a sensational poetic work‚ many concerns arise with the use of various literary tools to convey ideas‚ opinions or simply an observation. Through vivid imagery and metaphors‚ TS Elliot in his "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" delivered readers the thoughts and

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    symbolism to capture the reader’s attention in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem has a dramatic discourse. The percipience of life’s emptiness is the main theme of the poem. Eliot exhorts the spiritual decomposition by exploring a type of life in death. T. S. Eliot‚ who in the Clark Lectures notes‚ "Real Irony is an expression of suffering"(Lobb‚ 53)‚ uses irony and symbolism throughout the poem to exemplify the suffering of J. Alfred Prufrock who believes he is filled with spiritual morbidity

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    In T. S Eliot’s literary work‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is introduced with an epigraph from Dante’s Inferno to support the protagonist’s paralysis and the futility of life. The poem is considered a vital work in post modern art used to deconstruct and dehumanize the protagonist’s subjectivity. The epigraph from Dante’s Inferno is quoted by a man trapped in the eighth circle of Dante’s fictional construct of Hell and shares similar existential outlooks on the purpose of life. The epigraph

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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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    In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot‚ Prufrock is a man that is pessimistic‚ has low self-esteem‚ and has much internal conflict. He believes that he isn’t good enough for the women of his desire; this theme also becomes a motif. The epigraph of the poem is an excerpt from Dante’s Inferno‚ in which that the perfect audience could only be someone who would never be allowed into the real world where that person(s) might reveal Prufrock’s idiosyncrasies. This of course

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    The poem‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot‚ is about a man who has lost his love. What could a poem about a man losing his chance at love and mermaids have in common? These two things may seem to be entirely unconnected‚ except for the author’s brief mention of mermaids at the end. Mermaids may be the most important word in the entire poem. Mermaids are mythical creature that come with a variety of stories and types. One story is that of a mermaid that will sing a song to

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    "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" By T.S Eliot Who among us has not been to a social event or in a situation where they have felt uncomfortable or self conscience‚ perhaps at family events or at a party where the you are unfamiliar with the guest or even the host . However for some people this problem goes far beyond social events and seeps into daily life taking away happiness before it is even gained. In T.S. Eliot’s poem "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" the persona is so crippled

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    Prufrock Paralysis The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ written by T.S. Eliot‚ is a truly depressing poem. The poem concerns with a character (Prufrock) that can see and understand the values in life – love‚ joy‚ companionship‚ and courageousness – but is unable to act on his longings. The poem shows constant struggles of Prufrock’s uselessness. The worst part about his uselessness is that he is conscious of it. T.S. Eliot uses the theme of Paralysis‚ the incapacity to act‚ throughout the whole

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