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The initial conclusion one can draw from the critique of modern culture by both Kafka and Eliot in their portrayals of modern man is that it is them placed in these settings and their literature is simply an outlet for said critique. The modernist sentiments expressed in their works were, in part, universally held opinions amongst literary contemporaries of theirs and as such were not only a veritable representation of them coming to grips with the reality of the world around them, but also of…

An Explication of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S. Elliot, is a poem about a man’s psychological state of mind as he is walking through town on his way to visit a woman to ask her an important question. Instead of focusing on the woman and what he wants to ask her, he focuses on what others think of him and how he is not good enough for her. Prufrock gets himself all worked up about his physical and mental inadequacies and ends up not…

Recurring images of time, romantic disillusionment and memory reveal the inherent tension between the actual and the possible in Eliot’s poetry. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock dismantles idealistic romanticism and exposes the pessimistic perspective on life, love and time that is central to modernism. At the time of writing, in 1911, Eliot was twenty two years old, and was battling with a lack of lyrical inspiration. For this reason, critics have argued that Prufrock 's romantic hesitations…

No two men are exactly alike, not even identical twins. Some attributes, appearance, and ideology may mirror, but no two men are alike. Differences in how the world is perceived will allow these individual to stand together, but appear far apart. The modernist method of writing allows for individuals to do exactly that, stand together but appear to be far. Writers Ernest Hemingway and T.S. Eliot demonstrated such disassociation in living deliberately in time and place of Nick and J. Alfred…

In Macbeth, the prophecies the witches make and the negative effects they have on other characters, namely Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, demonstrate that entities outside of our control have the power to determine our fates. When the witches predict that Macbeth would rise to the position of king, he becomes power hungry, insecure, and paranoid, which results in his mental instability and eventual death. The witches’ revelation of their prophecy to Macbeth and the events this action set in place…

Act I, Scene i Analysis: The opening scene of Macbeth is super short but it introduces the 3 most influential characters of the play. The witches’ presence in the play is very small but they remain a constant and a powerful beings throughout. This first scene establishes the witches’ connection to Macbeth. It makes the reader curious to discover who he is and also what is “the hurlyburly” (I, i, 3) that the witches discussed. Shakespeare creates dramatic irony, in that he informs the…

This recontextualisation of hijras in Macbeth permits a new interpretation not only to British South Asians but also to British audiences by breaking the previous pigeonholes created by either South Asian playwrights or other media. While reviewing Verma’s Macbeth in an online blog, Farrah Chaudhry, the 1623 Associate artist, feels ‘guilty’ of creating British South Asian pigeonhole characters on the stage (Chaudhry, 2015). Surpassing Chaudhry’s list of stereotypes, Verma engages the…

Coping with Trauma; The Emotional Differences Between Macbeth and Macduff In the story of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, the author tells a story of a man who was once a brave soldier, that later succumbs to the witches prophecies, becoming a murderous tyrant. Macbeth’s response when he hears the news of his wife’s death is pessimistic and bleak whereas when Macduff hears about the death of his wife and children he reacts with heartache and fury. Their contrasting reactions towards…

How is the character of Lady Macbeth presented in the text of Shakespeare’s play & in Roman Polanski’s 1971 film? In this essay I will be discussing how lady Macbeth is portrayed in both Shakespeare’s version as well as Polanski’s 1971 film. The play was written abruptly after the latest accession of James I, meaning that there was a lot of tension regarding a male leader over a womanlike one. Furthermore, there was a lot of suspense with the regarding of witches. If you were alleged to be a…

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a narrative poem by T.S Elliot. It portrays the puzzling and obscure phrenic conceptions of the protagonist, Prufrock, as he guides the reader to what appears to be a peregrination. Throughout the poem’s irregular timeline, an alienated Prufrock repeatedly insists that there is something important he needs to tell the reader, but he continually states that he has time. The poem’s title insinuates that Prufrock is addressing someone he admires, or loves,…