The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock

In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” the reader can clearly understand that T.S Eliot is straightforward as one can get within a poem. In the beginning of the poem, one can infer that Prufrock is being used as a facade to convey Eliot’s inner self who is an introvert that doesn’t quite fit in with the modern day society. “Prufrock” sees his personal life as a burden that he cannot mend while he tries to conform into the middle class society that everyone views as pristine. Meanwhile, being scrutinized by others he has also deemed himself as weak and unworthy of life. We are choosing to shed light on Eliot 's inadequate personal life and on how others perceive him as well as how he perceives himself, within

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Elliot and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner are both about feeling inadequacies in one’s self, in the eyes of loved ones or society. J. Alfred Prufrock, the speaker in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, feels inadequate for the woman whom he intends to propose to due to his age, appearance, and perceived self-worth, as well as inadequate for an ever-changing society he no longer fits into. J. Alfred Prufrock makes comments to and about himself throughout the story regarding these attributes in a way that implies he does not think highly of himself. Emily Grierson, the subject of A Rose for Emily also appears to feel inadequate for the modern society, as she was stuck in the past, and has self-doubt in herself due to her relationships with the significant men in her life.

THESIS: In his poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot shows readers that Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) can ruin a man’s life and send him into a spiraling pit of anxiety and depression.

"How has your research into TS Eliot's life and the opinions of ONE critic enriched your understanding of an aspect of The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock?"

1) In the poem “the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Eliot, there is many lines that put forward J. Alfred Prufrock’s loneliness. Alfred is alone, and not only that but he is growing old alone. He has no one to look after him to make sure he is safe, no one to make him happy or bring company into his life, no wife, no children, and Alfred also seems as though he is not happy with himself. In lines 73 and 74 : ““I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas”, Alfred is downing himself by mentally and verbally putting himself in that particular setting. He seems to believe that he does not deserve to live a life with everyone else in the world and that he deserves to be in the position that he is. I think this is why he chose the ocean floors also; it is one of the most isolated places you can get. He wants to be far away from where he is because he does not fit in and feels like people are always judging him. Lastly, when he says “ragged claws” he is referring to a crab. Crabs have a protective shell that keeps them safe from the dangers around them. This represents Alfred’s view of the world being a hostile place to live. Also, crabs move sideways and cannot move backwards and forwards. Eliot may have used this as a reference to Alfred not being able to go back and change things even if he might want to.

The poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is an interior monologue where Prufrock is seen mulling over his incapacity to associate with other people, especially women. Some of the threads that I read into and found intriguing in this long dialogue are the points of alienation and loneliness which Eliot has brought to the fore by indulging in the technique of repeated questioning. By focusing on the questions a pattern of self-apprehension and self-demeaning can be traced throughout the poem. In this paper I have made an attempt at tracing the aforementioned pattern.

In the poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot, the reader is being taken along with the main character, J. Alfred Prufrock, as he goes about his evening of life contemplation and self-evaluation. During the reading of this poem, one learns about Mr. Prufrock’s character and the current dilemma that he puts himself in. Mr. Prufrock is often seen throughout this poem with a pessimistic view on his current situation in life, explaining how he’s “measured out [his] life with coffee spoons;” and how he’s “seen the moment of [his] greatness flicker,”. With this idea about himself he begins to point out his flaws that others seen in him such as his “...bald spot in the middle of [his] hair-” and “how his arms and legs are thin!”. Due to this point-of-view towards life and himself, the speaker creates a very bleak attitude towards the way he currently lives and this ultimately leaves him to a desire to change himself or, in his words, “disturb the universe”.

Prufrock's attributes carefully describes a man who feels fragmented and alienated from the world around him. Mr. Prufrock lives alone in a big city. Strangely, Prufrock doesn’t care for his first name and chooses to use his initial in the title of his “love song.” He is self-consciously balding, “With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-” (40) and aware of impending old age. “I grow old… I grow old…” (120).

Participation in life is an important part of enjoying it. Lack of self-confidence can cause a person to stay on the sidelines and miss out on the many joyful moments of life. In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot, the main character is an intelligent middle aged man who realizes too late that he is missing his chance at happiness because he is afraid. The Modernism in the poem is also apparent because of this alienation. The bleak and insecure persona of Prufrock along with the use of imagery helps to create a theme of time and lost opportunity in the poem.

Who among us has not been to a social event or in a situation where they have felt uncomfortable or self conscience, perhaps at family events or at a party where the you are unfamiliar with the guest or even the host . However for some people this problem goes far beyond social events and seeps into daily life taking away happiness before it is even gained. In T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock" the persona is so crippled by his social disorder and self consciousness he is not able to do anything without playing every possible outcome in his mind, this prevents him from having a close relationship with anyone around him. Throughout this work elements of

In T.S Elliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Elliot describes the mental interactions between a man and his social environment. Through descriptive language, allusions, and enjambment, he supports a message that addresses the doubt and insecurity that lies within a majority of society. Overall, the tone of the poem is very pessimistic in its addressing of everyday insecurities.

The story of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot relates to the elements of modernism which is “emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form, reflecting the fragmentation of society.” In the story, a character name J. Alfred, who is conscious about himself. In the text he is extra granting to his world of being alone. In the text, Prufrock is planning out his life on becoming unconsciousness. who is conscious about himself.

T.S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a literary work that entails the life of an indecisive, intellectual man of great solitude. The beginning of the poem sets a disillusioned and nostalgic tone of the poem. It vividly recounts some of Prufrock’s dealings with various women, who took an interest in Renaissance artist Michelangelo. It further elaborates on the yellow fog that covers the windows to his social life of the outside world. Prufrock appears to be a middle-aged, modern man plagued by feelings of isolation and frustration. T.S Eliot utilizes the life of Prufrock to symbolize his ideas of the modern man. Eliot’s use of farcical language generates an atmosphere of questioning as to why Prufrock could not overcome his

The dramatic monologue, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", is a short poem written by the Nobel Prize winner, and scholar T.S. Eliot. He wrote this poem and published it in the Poetry Magazine in 1915, while he was still in college at Washington University in St. Louis. Eliot is one of the most important English- language writers of the 20th century, and he lived in St Louis at an early age being raised by his mother. His mother was both loving and manipulative, and from that, a lonely and strict adolescence came a man with an immense desire to be independent (Gladstein). Eliot's poem is about a man by the name J. Alfred Prufrock, who is a very awkward man, telling us the story of him trying to open himself up to his lover. Prufrock is

The lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, written by T.S Eliot, contains a variety of allusions to previous legendary works that continue to have significant meaning. These allusions bring significant value to the verses written by Eliot, providing significant background and multiple meanings to certain phrases. As such, these allusions are extremely abundant in his work and affect the story in various ways. Additionally, the works alluded to in the Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock are well known and understandable as well. Thus, through the masterful use of allusions, T.S Eliot created a relevant work in which the allusionary details and their effects are extremely important in understanding the piece.