1. The Effect of Modernism on Ame
... his focus in life is individual freedom and choice. Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Spring- is almost a clear definition of the existentialistic attitude. She uses a flowery and sarcastic tone to describe the nothingness in life. She writes, "life in itself is nothing, and empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs, it is not enough that yearly down this hill, April comes like an idiot, babbling ... J. Prufrock- portrays a man that is pathetic but not grand enough to be tragic. Prufrock is an insecure man trapped behind bars of daily routine that he created for himself. He describes his settin...
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