the love song of J.Alfred Prufrock

Title: the love song of J.Alfred Prufrock
Category: Literature / English | Words: 284 | Pages: 1.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

the love song of J.Alfred Prufrock

T.S. Eliot an unprecedented part of the early 20th century was deeply influenced by his age. The current social, economical & political condition had a tremendous effect on him. After the First World War, the western world suffered a loss of faith in the existing values. Moreover, the moral disintegration caused by violence & destruction fueled the sufferings of urban civilization. During this time, emerged the modern man, sophisticated but absorbed in personal embarrassments &disillusions. An …showed first 75 words of 284 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 284 total…death. The feline character of fog resembles prufrock who is secretive & self-indulgent. He puts on his mask of happiness when he meets other people. Prufrck denies he’s not like hamlet, the celebrated hero of all time impact. He is like Polonius, middle-aged submissive & at times ridiculous. The incapability, insignificance, tottering, indecisive nature of prufrock reflects the character of a modern man. Thus, the poem is about the complexities of modern man projected through prufrock.

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