In T.S. Eliot’s “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”, a man begins to reflect upon the decisions in life that he put off; realizing that he’s simply out of time to fulfill his wishes to find a wife and create a family along with many other wants and dreams. In the poem, Eliot uses a series of imagery and metaphors to vividly portray the character and to keep the story interesting and flowing. The poem of Mr. Prufrock is a simple yet vastly complicated poem. It begins telling the story of him as…
musical career, Lady Gaga was born Stefanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta in 1986. Valuing the power of an education, her parents enrolled Gaga in the Convent of the Sacred Heart on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York (Biography.com, 2016). Her memories at Sacred Heart, however, are tainted with the painful memories of being bullied and ridiculed by her peers. “I used to be called a slut, be called this, be called that. I didn’t even want to go to school sometimes,” admitted Lady Gaga in an…
T.S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1917) is a poem that uncovers a man, named Alfred Prufrock, who not only has an unproductive and bleak life, but also has a lack of willpower and boldness to change that life. The poem is not entirely about love, it is a collection of the fragmented thoughts of a man with very low self-esteem and his inability to express his love to the woman the poem is addressed to. The poem is basically about this older man, Prufrock, who is distressed by…
T.S Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” theme is centered around a man who died an unfulfilled life. “And will it have been worth it, after all?” This statement poses the dilemma for the man in the poem, will the choices he made as a preadolescent up to being an old man have been worth it. From passing women to cheap one night hotels, “And will it have been worth it, after all?” T.S Eliot uses a lot of imagery and metaphors in order to write “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”…
showing how his life once again progresses from being happy and full of people but, how by the end ofit he begins to regret never committing to the more important things in his life. It also shows that he is regretting not ever starting a life to the ladies who tried to start one with him and basically just blowing them…
Singer and actress Lady Gaga is speaking out and revealing that she battles with depression and anxiety every single day, but somehow she finds a way to push through these hard times. US Magazine shared that while speaking out to Billboard Lady Gaga shared that this is something she deals with all the time and actually went on to say that the way people are obsessed with cell phones doesn’t help it. Lady Gaga is actually talking because she hopes that sharing will help her fans out. She doesn’t…
The character that I have chosen is Macbeth. The reason I chose Macbeth is he started out as a good guy, but he believed the witches’ prophecies and this is what led to his downfall. The four strongest personality traits that I think Macbeth possesses in the play is arrogance, greediness, disloyalty, and depression. This could happen to any person, if they felt compelled enough to do it like they have to do it to achieve something then they will. I am not saying that this is always a bad thing…
of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on the other” (Shakespeare 440). Macbeth decided not to kill Duncan, but Lady Macbeth has different ideas “What beast was't, then, / That made you break this enterprise to me?” (Shakespeare 441). Lady Macbeth shames him into killing Duncan. Fate did not decide this Lady Macbeth did. She wants more power which creates her demise. If Macbeth stuck to his original thought he would represent the happiest Thane in all of…
Outline Our hot topic research assignment is about the Kim Kardashian West and Taylor Swift Incident that occurred on July 18th, 2016. Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and Kim Kardashian West were involved during the event. The controversy impacted the three’s social circle and fans. Background of Controversy Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West have had a bumpy relationship together over the past couple years which led to this controversy. On September 13th, 2009, Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift…
Response Paper 2 S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" uses a modernist approach to describe the views of a man living with self-doubt, lack of confidence and an inability to make sense of the modern world. Eliot uses descriptive images and society as the setting to give a clear visual picture of man living in his own hell due to his extremely low self esteem and the way he feel he is viewed by others. He cannot give or receive love because he goes through life with a…