The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

in T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ Modernism is a philosophical movement that arose from wide-scale changes in Western society, such as industrialism, rapid growth of cities, and the horrors of WWI, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Modernism rejects earlier ideas, such as enlightenment thinking, in part due to the religious undertones it entails. In 1915, Modernist poet T. S. Eliot’s famous poem, ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ was published.…

T.S. Eliot’s, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, and Ernest Hemingway’s, Big Two-Hearted River (Part I and II), are two pieces of literature filled with lots of symbolism, imagery, and allegory. During this assignment, there will be a comparison and a contrast of the main characters in these two pieces. T.S. Eliot’s, J. Alfred Prufrock and Ernest Hemingway’s, Nick Adams are alike but different at the same time and both display symbolizations of the “modern” man on their own way. Although…

the mind of Prufrock as he declares his exclusion from the mermaid’s song in the following lines. I have hear the mermaid singing each to each/ I don’t think that they sing to me (Prufrock,124/125).These lines can be best explained in the light of the repeated lines of the poem “In the room women come and go” in both cases Prufrock was not the subject of conversation of the title of the song by the mermaids. The images of the mermaid face of woman and a tail of fish. Whether the social gathering…

T.S. Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” provides interesting insight and commentary into the monotony of everyday life, as well as the value and particularly the risks involved in social interaction and relationships. The poem establishes the insecurities of the main character, J. Alfred Prufrock, in his dealings with social monotony and interaction. This is done through a portrayal of his inner thoughts and self judgements as he considers the possibility of approaching a woman in…

Song of Myself written by Walt Whitman celebrates life and how people can become one with nature. Whitman shows how happy life can be if you take the world and look at its beauty. Whitman’s poem takes readers through many settings, time points and viewpoints. While the setting for the love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock written by T.S Eliot is about a middle-aged man in a big dirty city who views life as though it has nothing to offer but boredom, anxiety, and death. Prufrock shows life can be…

In T. S. Eliot’s poem, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, the author uses many literary devices to create many feelings of regret. Using metaphors, tone, and imagery, T. S. Eliot creates a feeling that the man in the poem regretted not doing a lot of the things he should have done. In the poem T. S. Eliot uses metaphors to create a feeling that the man in the poem did meaningless things, such as, “measured out my life with coffee spoons” (Line 51). I don’t think he actually measured out his…

Introduction Topic: A comparison of the element of Hamartia in “Agamemnon”, “Hamlet” and “ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”. Thesis Statement: The protagonists in “Agamemnon”, “Hamlet” and in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” are subjected to their downfalls as a result of hamartia (tragic errors or simple mistakes) committed by them due to their error in judgement or possessing a fundamental flaw in their characters. Mapping Scheme (Your Main Points): • Hamlet struggles with his…

create their own definitions masculinity and femininity. This is a gateway to political discussion within oneself and with others. Works such as ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ and Cloud 9 have characters that do not fit in with society’s current view of masculinity and femininity. This then, makes these works political. T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of…

or The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. These may have been written by different people and have different plots, but are tied together by the matching theme of loss by the remembrance of what is now gone or isolation. Have you ever dropped something small in the grass without noticing? Until one day where you accidently stepped on it and find it again. You would have…

The gloomy poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock written by T.S Eliot is about a melancholy man named J. Alfred Prufrock. Prufrock is unable to achieve the goals he wishes to pursue and he becomes miserable and distant from society. This feeling of misery is due to his insecurities and his rational fear of being criticized by others. Rob Gordon from the film High Fidelity directed by Stephen Frears, Gordon lives a miserable life always looking at the past and not being able to move forward…