Prufrock may feel that he does not fit to this particular society. "My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin." He is still wearing a shirt that is a casual shirt for men in the Victorian age. There is another custom of that age which has been practiced in this poem, the British afternoon tea. "Before the talking of toast and tea" and "After tea and cakes and ices," Prufrock is still struck in the old age and feels that he doesn't belong to this society because he does not follow the conformity. Thus he wants to escape from this situation like the etherized patients waiting to be sent to the operation room, Prufrock is also waiting to sink in another world where he can fit more. Moreover, he is also disappointed from the unfulfillment in romantic love. In the poem, Prufrock keeps talking about the women. He repeats the sentence that "Women come and go talking of Michelangelo" for two times, talking about the formulating eyes, white and bare arms, perfume, a shawl, and skirts, showing that he concerns with ladies too much. As the women repeatedly talks of Michelangelo, the readers can interpret that they are so interested in him who is smart, famous, successful, and so attractive, or it is to say that they are superficial and materialistic who only values just the looks and appearance. While Prufrock himself is nothing when being compared with Michelangelo; he is bald and thin, his youth is already faded away, and he does not succeed in anything because of his indecisiveness. "Is it perfume from a dress that makes me so digress?" As a result, those women are not interested in him and he has to cure his lonely heart by the escapisms instead.
Due to his unsatisfied conditions in his real life, Prufrock consciously escapes to the 'Fantasy' or his imaginary world where he can express freely and not be criticized from others.
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is an extraordinary masterpiece by T.S. Eliot. Eliot may possibly give us the essence of twenty-first century poetry. Through the "Love Song," Eliot expresses exuberant writing technique via random comments deposited together. Certainly much of what he writes is...
Elliots "The Love Song of Alfred J. ... Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Elliot continually writes in the voice of Prufrock, and Prufrock struggles to answer his life's "overwhelming question." (10) With what is J. ... In The Love Song of J. ... As one reads this poem, he or she can not forget that these words are the words of Alfred J. ...
Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is an examination of the tortured psyche of a man who is looking for love, indecisive, educated, neurotic, and emotionally stilted. ... Elliot "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" the main character's tortured psyche, while looking for love that shows periods of indecisiveness, being educated, neurotic, and emotionally stilted. Through the entire work he is trying to find something that he cannot possess love. ...
M.H. Abrams once said that there are three things that characterize a dramatic monologue. First, it encompasses the assertions of a "specific individual (other than the poet) at a specific moment in time." Second, the monologue is "specifically directed at a listener or listeners whose presence is...
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, written by T.S. ... The poem concerns with a character (Prufrock) that can see and understand the values in life – love, joy, companionship, and courageousness – but is unable to act on his longings. ... Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" portrays a man's inability to take decisive action even as he sees what is necessary. ...
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot differs from the conventional love song. ... Whether "The Love Son of J. Alfred Prufrock" was meant to be an expression of love or not, I feel the true distinction rests in the importance of action and awareness. ...
Comparison and Contrast of "Miniver Cheevy" and "The Love Song of J. ... Eliot's "The Love Song of J. ... In both "Miniver Cheevy" and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", allusions are used throughout the poem. ... Although both authors use allusions, Robinson doesn't use literary allusions like Eliot does in "The Love Song of J. ...
Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock- represents J. Prufrock, a loser who has absolutely no confidence in his self. ... Prufrock obviously has absolutely zero confidence in himself. ... This shows the lack of confidence that Prufrock has in his self. ...
Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," is the interior monlogue of a truly tragic character. ... Alfred Prufrock's self esteem affects his love life greatly. ... Alfred Prufrock. ... In Elliot's masterpiece "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock," as time passes so does the human spirit of the narrator. ...
Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" he continually writes of Prufrock's struggle to answer his life's "overwhelming question." (10)With what is J. Alfred Prufrock is so desperately struggling? ... In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Eliot starts his description at the skyline slowly works his down to a finale in the sea. ...
