The most emphatic descriptions of Prufrock’s discomfort life and his inability to make good decisions are found throughout the poem such as when Prufrock enters the house and thus begins the social cycle found within. Prufrock wants to act, but he knows that he will not find the courage to act and remain trapped in his filthy and inert world. Prufrock remarks on his decisions and revisions. This demonstrates Prufrock’s desire to have an escape route- the lack of commitment in the word indecision and then the decisions that can be revised and reversed at a moment’s notice. As a result, Prufrock remains motionless.…
However, she fakes such false happiness because this is what he expects of her. In line 19 she remarks “Thus do you want me-marveling, gay, and true.” She behaves in the way that pleases him. In contrast to the narrator, the mysterious man is completely unaware of the depth of feelings experienced by his companion. He is not only a womanizer, evident by his tales of late delights with indiscreet ladies, but he also lacks the same level of emotional sensitivity as the…
He is not comfortable with how his life and he is even more uncomfortable in his own body. Prufrock, no matter how hard he tries, will always be seen as not only an outsider within society, but also an outsider within his own…
She radiates beauty so the speaker is automatically draws in the speaker. His attraction to her is as natural as a “mouse” (5) to a “trap” (5) or a “scorched fly” (9) to “the flame” (9). However, his ideal relationship with her is unattainable because she rejected him previously. Rejection instilled aloofness in him because he “fear[s] more mishap” (7). To avoid heartache, he decided to distance himself from love.…
In one of Prufrock's most famous poems,“The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the speaker takes the reader for a long walk down a dark and foggy path. The speaker seems to be indecisive and nervous to express himself; he is also depressed that women keep entering and leaving his life. Prufrock States, “And indeed there will be time/ to wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”/Time to turn back and descend the stair,/ With a bald spot in the middle of my hair/For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse”(6.1-5.NP). Prufrock uses stream-of-consciousness to explain the insecure state of the speaker in the poem.…
He grew up being a man and not a woman, after how many years his father died and now he has a wife and children. In this line “Though nobody remembers, I sometimes think of the girl who drowned somewhere in a dream many dreams ago.” He remembers what happened years ago where the girl he is preferring is him who sometimes want to be a lady in the future. That girl inside him…
Alfred Prufrock” critiques how the culture the main character lives in negatively affects his opportunity to be successful and happy. One critic blames Prufrock’s inherent flaws, mediocrity, and isolationism for his faults, however recognizes that because “Prufrock lives in a world that is no better than he is” he does not exclusively deserve all the blame (Ellis). One could argue that Prufrock would be much more prosperous and joyful had he not been surrounded by a society that encouraged meaningless conversation and misleading characteristics in order to appear of higher status or intellect. The other characters, although not named, play a pivotal role in proving this point; “In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo” (lines 13-14). These two lines are repeated throughout the poem, as Eliot’s extended metaphor is the comparison of these women to society as a whole.…
He writes of his frustrations with having feelings for her…
In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot tells a story of regret, love, and life. J. Alfred Prufrock has a hard time finding true love due to the fact that he has no idea what to do with the short amount of time that he has in life. It isn’t until the end that he realizes he’s getting older and he has wasted his life doing nothing for himself. T.S. Eliot uses Literary Devices in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” to express the meaning of life by using tone and imagery. T.S.…
Although the narrator state"[he] is romantic. That is what drives [him], [his] dreams are about love, and [his] daydreams are about love" (69 Readers can rule that he wasn’t a romantic or a lover, especially when he had acted like someone who was afraid of love when he had rejected Sophia's love. The self-denial of this man face is quite ironic, as he states to be someone who he actually isn't and that he is not like every other guy. When in reality he is like every other guy. Moreover, during his last encounter with Sophia, he writes "…which version of perfect [Sophia] was closer to.…
He has gotten out of his mind! Throughout the narrator's goofy mindset, the narrator is insecure, worrying what his crush is going to think of…
Oh, do not ask “What is it?” (10-11). He is so afraid of rejection that he won 't even tell us what exactly this question he 's looking for the answer to be. By the middle of the poem the reader can conclude that the overwhelming question is “why am I still alone”? At this point Prufrock is most likely around 60 years old waivers around women.…
Similarly to how sexual isolation pushes Prufrock farther away from people, Eliot uses nature images to increase the feeling of isolation. The nature imagery in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is stunningly beautiful; yet at the same time, it indicates isolation. In the third full stanza, a metaphor of a yellow fog that sounds like a cat is used. Cats only make themselves visible when they want something, otherwise they tend to be alone. Both fog and cats can come and go at any point unannounced and are independent, so the image adds a measure of isolation beyond what one would normally feel: The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,…
He does not see his love as transcendent. In fact, as he realizes there is no point to his chase, he is no longer willing to pursue his love, no longer willing to…
In “The Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot, there seems to be a story that could fall under the classification of Modernism. Modernism was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution and it involves negative and dark tone with a little bright light of hope hidden. Modernism started due to too many inventions during such a short time. There was a feeling that after these inventions, many cultural values will disappear and it will bring an enormous change in the society. In this poem, Prufrock has negativity filled within him, which gives the readers brief idea about Modernism, but it also holds a little hope.…