Prufrock Insecurity Essay

In the immediate thoughts of present day, many people feel unworthy or unimportant to society. Everyone wants to feel some type of worth, whether it be from a relationship perspective or how they are seen through their own eyes. It creates a sense of security, life without being able to progress or accomplish the goals that are desired can bring on a feeling of insecurity. This can be seen numerous times throughout the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock written by American-British poet, T.S. Eliot. The poem was published in 1915 and Eliot uses Prufrock to demonstrate the life of a man who felt a lack of importance. Prufrock is a miserable, lonely and
. This can be seen by exploring Prufrocks incapableness of accomplishing goals, making decisions, and progressing forward in his life due to his insecurities. Prufrock is unable to accomplish the goals he would like to achieve in his life. The reason that this seems so unrealistic for him is all of the insecurity that he perceives. Prufrock feels as though people he forms any sort of relationship with think badly of him, this is shown through his relationships with the women that Prufrock meets. “In the room the …show more content…
“I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floor of silent seas.” (Eliot 73-74) claiming that he resembles a crab. Crabs are not capable of walking forward. Prufrock makes a comparison of himself to a crab, both are not able to progress forward, only able to take steps to the side. Prufrock’s insecurities make it hard for him to progress, never being able to take risks “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;” (Eliot 51). Prufrocks life is calculated. Just like coffee, there is the perfect amount of water to coffee, he refuses to take a step forward and add more coffee to make himself a stronger