The conscious and subconscious are two important themes in discussing both the 1919 poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, and the Derek Walcott's 1967 play "Dream on Monkey Mountain." In discussing the authors use of the conscious and subconscious in these two works many similarities and differences can be found. In T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Eliot startles the reader by using dramatic shifts in …showed first 75 words of 1375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1375 total…is to confront Makak with the perversion of his revolution into violence. Souris and Tigre also seek to exploit Makak's dream for their own purposes, when Tigre urges the "madness" on Makak to bring him to kill Lestrade and free them all. By causing Makak to shed blood, they do succeed in transforming the nature of his vision and leading to its probable failure. Their betrayal of the revolution, too, is bound to material needs.