Wednesday, March 6, 2019
The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
The Love poetry of Alfred J. Prufrock is a poem written by T. S. Eliot, who introduces to the readers an overwhelming question, which pertains to whether the main character, Alfred Prufrock, should curb his indecisiveness and fear or continue in his comfortable and blunt existence. Prufrock is not happy with the decisions he has made in life, and that fact is rattling clear, as he tortures himself with internal conflict throughout the poem. In the germ lines of the poem, he enthusiastically invites the reader, or possibly his alter ego, on a journey in the night.However, he later describes half deserted streets retention insidious intent this hardly paints a pleasant picture (Eliot 4,9). The streets calculate to represent Prufrocks internal debate an internal debate that prevents him from fetching action in the conflict Eliot uses to portray Prufrocks struggle, opening up to a women. Unfortunately, Prufrocks tendency is to have a hundred visions and revisions, and lastly turn back and descend the stair (Eliot 33,39). This refusal to act is the consequence of his unornamented fear of rejection and failure.His fear is simply a product of thought as he overly calculates his life, leaving a life unlived. To justify his decision, Prufrock says that he has kn take them all already, suggesting that all the women are the same, but in do the decision to not act, he delves deeper into a depleting future with no innovation (Eliot 49). Essentially, Prufrock convinces himself that he is satisfied with a secondary role in his own life, based on the fear that he will fail and be rejected. Therefore, Prufrock answers his question in a very unsatisfying way, as he chooses to remain comfortable.
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