‚ T.S. Eliot appeared on the scene of 20th century English poetry as a wonderful innovator with these lines of his The Love-song of J. Alfred Prufrock on the pages of the Poetry magazine in 1915: “Let us go‚ then‚ you and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table". These lines immediately revolutionized the intellectual climate of English poetry. Eliot initiated a new brand of poetry of the city‚ poetry essentially cerebral‚ impersonal‚ predominantly
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Zhao 1 James Zhao Mrs. Wallin AP English 2/25/13 The Adoption of Modernism in T S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Modernism first emerged in America as a brand new type of literature in the early years of twentieth century. After the First World War and the Great Depression‚ Western world was looking for a kind of life different from traditional one‚ easier‚ faster‚ more technological‚ and more convenient. Fortunately‚ modernist movement came into sight by then and answered all
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Published in 1915‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is an examination of the tortured psyche of the modern man—overeducated‚ eloquent‚ neurotic‚ and emotionally unstable. Prufrock addresses a potential lover‚ with whom he would like to “force the moment to its crisis” by amendment in marriage. Although paranoia strikes him when he knows too much of life to “dare” an approach to the woman: In his mind he hears the comments others make about his inadequacies
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characters demonstrate. The Poems “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Rhapsody of a Windy Night” put forward the concept of human suffering‚ as a result of the isolation‚ decay and sterility of their environments and situations in which they are confronted with. The “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a variation on the dramatic monologue‚ characterized by the utterances of a specific individual at a specific point in time. Eliot focuses on Prufrocks interiority and isolation. The epigraph
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Prufrock’s Unattainable Desires T. S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” describes the inner feelings of an isolated man whose desire for a loving and communicative relationship with a female is unrelenting. Eliot presents J. Alfred Prufrock as an older man who struggles with knowing how to communicate his feelings toward females in fear of being judged. Prufrock’s fear of alienation and lack of self confidence contribute to his difficulty in fulfilling his need to be understood
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all on the table. We draw inferences from the text in which we build an image of the speaker through their tone and characteristics. These inferences can be drawn from both poems‚ “Mother to Son” and “Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock”. However‚ “Mother to Son” varies from “Love song of Alfred Prufrock” in which the role of the speakers have very different characters and meaning they are trying to convey. Both poems show us inside the characters of the two very different speakers. For starters‚ the
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there left to do‚ what great adventures left to take‚ or great deeds left to be done. As Prufrock becomes and old man “I grow old…I grow old” (Eliot 119) he is searching for anything left in his life‚ some meaning‚ some purpose‚ something to inspire him. And honestly who has not been lost‚ searching for the meaning of the next day a purpose to get out of bed or go to work. Throughout The love song Prufrock speaks of things he has done and seen but nothing of what he will do. It is as if he no
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February 11‚ 2013 Oedipus vs. Prufrock In ENC 1102‚ we have read two stories: Oedipus the King and “The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” As a class‚ we distinguished characteristics and personality traits of the main characters of each book. The main characters are Oedipus‚ the tragic king of Thebes‚ and Prufrock‚ an insecure man. While Oedipus and Prufrock do have some common characteristics‚ they have many distinguishable differences. Oedipus differs from Prufrock in plenty ways. Oedipus comes
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In the poem‚ "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" the narrator‚ Prufrock‚ has similarities to and can be most closely compared to the character Gatsby‚ from "The Great Gatsby." The main reason is that‚ though their fates are different‚ they have similar personalities centering around the phrase‚ "Do I dare?" They also have built up lives around the masks they wear. They are both characters that are in love with a person that they cannot openly admit this to. They both ponder and wonder whether
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stimulating factors- change in perspective‚ change in world and change in one’s self. 5.19-5.32 Through the focus of change in perspective‚ positive and negative impacts arise from the inevitable change present throughout each text. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ the change in perspective is clearly evident. He repeatedly thinks back and forth of whether he should approach the women in the room‚ or if he should just disregard the thought of socialising and carry on with his lonely life. The repetition
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