a certain place in time. In this essay‚ two characters of completely different fields will be put side by side to compare their own tragic flaws. On one hand‚ Sophocles’ Oedipus is proud‚ arrogant and persistent; while on the other hand‚ Eliot’s Prufrock is self conscious‚ insecure‚ and indecisive. While the two characters are complete polar opposites‚ they also share a devastating similarity: they are paranoid and in fear of their own fate. Oedipus’ personality is clearly conveyed as having excessive
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Shawn Ware Prufrock: A Homosexual in Hiding T.S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a dramatic monologue in which the speaker of the poem‚ Prufrock‚ takes the reader on a journey into his inner psyche. Many literary and poetic experts have studied and dissected the persona that is Prufrock to help show the complexities that compose him. But how does one begin to shed light on this mysterious man? Before actually delving into the words spoken by Prufrock‚ it is beneficial to take
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The stage of apotheosis emphasizes the hero reaching an epiphany. The protagonist gains the utmost knowledge about the rigorous journey. For example‚ Prufrock fears women because they can have his head “brought upon a platter” (Eliot 82). The quote alludes to the beheading of St. John the Baptist‚ an oil painting by Caravaggio in 1608. The biblical allusion tells the story of Herod‚ the tetrarch‚ imprisoning John the Baptist for divorcing his wife and uptaking his brother’s wife‚ Herodia. Furthermore
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Ironically‚ the repetition of ‘my’ implies an illumination of identity‚ rather than its suppression. It seems the Prufrock is afraid reveal his identity may ‘disturb the universe’: “do I dare‚ and‚ do I dare?” Avoiding this ultimate question‚ he seeks peace in oblivion: I should have been a pair of ragged claws; scuttling across the floors of silent seas”. We are gregarious
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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 feels unsure
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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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their concerns and the stylistic features of their texts. Consider this statement by exploring the relationship between text and context in at least two poems you studied by Eliot. Eliot’s modernist poems‚ Preludes and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ depict the effects of industrialisation on societal consciousness‚ through lenses coloured by war and suffering. Through the eyes of two alienated individuals‚ Eliot suggests that life is bereft of meaning‚ and that to live is not to engage
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T. S. ELIOT Questions for Discussion 1. How does the epigraph from Dante’s Inferno help Eliot comment on the modern world in“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”? What does it tell us about the setting of this poem? How is Montefeltro’s miscalculation related to the poem? Prufrock laments that the mermaids will not sing to him. Prufrock’s dilemma represents the inability to live a meaningful existence in the modern world.[24] McCoy and Harlan wrote "For many
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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" T. S. Eliot reveals the silent insecurity of a man‚ for whom the passing of time indicates the loss of virility and confidence. Throughout the poem‚ Prufrock struggles with his fear of inadequacy‚ which surfaces socially‚ physically and romantically. The desire to ask some "overwhelming question‚" of the one he wants is outweighed by his diffidence‚ reinforcing his belief in his shortcomings. Ultimately‚ this poem is the internal soliloquy of someone who
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Eliot’ s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ there stands an epigraph from Dante’s Inferno‚ Canto 27. This epigraph unifies the text and brings‚ through its imagery and context‚ a deeper understanding of Eliot’s poem. Prufrock represents both of the characters in this section of the Inferno‚ corresponding to Dante in the first section and Guido da Montefeltro in the second and third. Dante represents the antithesis of Prufrock as well as the ideal that Prufrock strives for. The flame-bound Guido
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