The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock A Descriptive Paper Presented to the Faculty of College of Arts and Sciences University of the Cordilleras In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course English 2 Writing in the Discipline 10:20 – 11:45 MWF By Juan Carlos P. Canilao April 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 RESEARCH OUTLINE 3 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 5 CHAPTER II: DISCUSSION 6 Thomas Stearns Eliot & Why He Writes Poetry
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Eliot’s use of adjectives in the opening stanza of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” gives an impression of Prufock’s loneliness‚ desire for love‚ and nervousness that develops throughout the poem. In the opening stanza‚ Prufrock describes the city on his way to a social-lites’ party. In his mind‚ Prufrock imagines himself being in the slums of town and gives a pessimistic description based on how he felt. Prufrock has an interior monologue and refers to himself in the line‚ “Let us go‚ through
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Twentieth-Century English Literature 2nd Year Seminar tutor: Andreea Paris Group: II Languages: English-German Psychoanalytical perspective of T.S. Eliot’s Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Psychoanalytic criticism originated in the work of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud‚ who pioneered the technique of psychoanalysis. Freud developed a language that described‚ a model that explained‚ and a theory that encompassed human
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. I would describe Prufrock’s fantasy as a morbid fantasy he has come up with‚ that creates a long metaphor which correlates to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Through his mesmerizing use of dramatic monologue‚ he compares his version of hell as a lonely and abandoned dream‚ possible consciousness; that leads me to conclude that Prufrock’s problem ranges from a state of depression and loneliness that he integrates into this strange‚ ironic love song. 2. The simile in
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Julia Brooks 3/31/17 Period 4 Is it Worth it All? Is love worth the heartbreak? This is a question that every person has asked at least once in their life. If you could go back and forget every moment you had with someone so that you wouldn’t feel the pain of losing them‚ would you? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot explores this question through Prufrock who is on a journey through life and whose anxieties separate him from the rest of society. Prufrock’s fear of judgment debilitates
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In his poem Eliot paints the picture of an insecure man looking for his place in society. Prufrock has fallen in with the times‚ and places a lot of burden on social status and class to determine his individuality. He is ashamed of his personal appearance and looks towards social advancement as a way to assure himself and those around him of his value and establish who he is. Through out the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"‚ T.S. Eliot explores Prufrock’s conflict with society‚ love and self
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prurock" Analysis In T. S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" the author is establishing the danger the narrator is having dealing with getting older. Prufrock is the narrator in this poem‚ and believes that age is a burden and is totally troubled by it. He feels the prime of his life is over and he can’t love women the way he used to. His worry with the passing of time characterizes his fear of aging. The poem deals with these fears. In this poem‚ Prufrock
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Title: The LoveSong of J. Alfred Prufrock In this dramatic soliloquy‚ a middle class male lives in a charmless environment that is physically and emotionally draining. The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock is misleading because this is not a song or a love story‚ but this builds on his personal feelings‚ insecurities‚ and personal thoughts.Throughout this poem Prufrock uses repetition‚ rhythm ‚ and allusion to further emphasize pessimism‚ lack of confidence‚ and an indecisive character who is afraid
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behaviors by all mistakenly leads to the death of the entire royal family. Major Dramatic Question: I believe the major dramatic question of this play is: Should Hamlet avenge his father’s death? The possible answers to this question would alter the entirety of the play. When the ghost first told Hamlet this in Act I Scene V‚ Hamlet proclaimed‚ “Murder!...Haste me to know’t‚ that I‚ with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love‚ May sweep to my revenge.” Once Hamlet’s play revealed that Claudius
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Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot has connections about a man who is unsatisfied with life and along with his decisions to think rather than to act. T.S. Eliot introduces to the readers‚ Alfred Prufrock‚ whom from reading the text‚ we can infer that Prufrock has insecurities within himself and his life in general. One of the first signs that show insecurity through Prufrock is when he questions‚ “To wonder‚ “Do I dare?” and‚ “Do I dare?”
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