... enough to speak out. He sees the people as shallow, "Known them already, known them all" (Eliot 49). The phrase "In the room where the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" (Eliot 13,14), describes how Prufrock sees the women as having a bit of intelligence, but lack depth. He also procrastinates because he ... settle for the shallow life. He makes the ultimate decision to procrastinate. He realizes he will never speak out and live a life of "toast and tea" (Eliot 34). Prufrock does not want to try, as noticed in this passage: No, I am not prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an...

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