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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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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Egyptian Love Poems and Their Universal Message Love transcends time and culture. Literary works throughout all of history tell stories of love that depict the meaning of love within those societies. In Sumerian culture‚ love stories revolved around sacred marriages and sexual acts that produced fertility of the land and people‚ whereas the Egyptian poems are secular and used more for entertainment and pleasure. The foundation of Egyptian love songs was the relationship and interaction between lovers
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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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“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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monuments of a remarkable age. The greatness of Shakespeare’s achievement was largely made possible by the work of his immediate predecessors‚ Sidney and Spenser. <br> <br>Shakespeare’s sonnets are intensely personal and are records of his hopes and fears‚ love and friendships‚ infatuations and disillusions that in turn acquire a universal quality through their intensity. <br> <br>The vogue of the sonnet in the Elizabethan age was brief but was very intense. Sir Thomas Wyatt and The Earl of Surrey brought
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My Theme Song “Never would have made it” by Marvin Sapp is my theme song. If it had not been for the Lord‚ who was on my side I would have not made it to where I am at today in my life’s journey. Peer pressure‚ losing friends‚ and getting closer to God has been a huge portion of my senior year. “Peer pressure is the influence from members of one’s peer group‚” according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary. I would blame others for the decisions and mistakes that I chosen to make. Although I have
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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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The Song of Solomon Summary: Written by the wisest man to ever live‚ Solomon‚ “Song of Songs” is a composition of lyric poems which portrays the theme of love between a man and a woman and can be seen almost written as a diary of sorts. The book explores the feelings‚ hopes‚ fears‚ and the passion between a man and a woman. It can be seen as a celebration of human sexuality. Just through the first few chapters‚ we learn so much of what a relationship is supposed to look like for the believer and
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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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