... truly mature piece of verse, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,"" commonly known as "Prufrock," written mostly when Eliot was only twenty-two, was pioneering in its use of interior monologue, in its fragmented structure, and in its startling figurative language ("Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherised upon a table ... on the Waste Land". Style The style of the work in part grows out of Eliot's interest in exploring the possibilities of  dramatic monologue. "The Waste Land" is made up of a wide variety of voices (sometimes i...

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... by William Faulkner, takes place April of the year nineteen twenty-eight, in rural Mississippi. The story, however, consists of many flashbacks to prior dates. The story's main plot revolves around one family, the Compsons. Jason Compson is the father of the family. He and his neurotic ... the respect of his peers and people in his community, in other words, his pride being damaged. At one point in the novel, during Jason's monologue, Jason and the female Quentin had gotten into an argument, about Quentin skipping school. After the two of them exchanged words, Jason threatened Quentin b...

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... also himself, in that he has to justify his mood and actions to the people who are supposedly close to him and do not judge him by his feelings. That monologue is only one of the many times which Hamlet's extreme situations are restated for the sake of others' involvement. Quite the opposite actually, for "we are continually and painfully reminded ... unpredictable responses, the other characters can only judge for themselves the nature of Hamlet's emotions. Even this observance must be done at a safe distance, figuratively, from Hamlet and without his prior knowledge. The character who...

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... Pozzo. He is tied to Pozzo via a rope around his neck and he carries Pozzo's bags. Lucky is only allowed to speak twice during the entire play, but his long monologue is filled with incomplete ideas. He is silenced only by the other characters who fight with him to take of his hat. Lucky appears as a mute in the second act ... other questions. The difficulty for Beckett of keeping a dialogue running for so long is overcome by making his characters forget everything. Estragon cannot remember anything past what was said immediately prior to his lines. Vladimir, although possessing a bette...

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