Falling To The Earth Allusion

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Love is strange; scientists still have not discovered a biological purpose of it despite love having been around as long as man. The function of love may still not be understood; however, some of the effects of love are known. Gary Lewandowski, when describing relationships, stated, “Our relationships build us, they define us, they sustain us, and they can break us too.” . Love can often change how people act fundamentally, often resulting in complete changes of personality.

Being loved by another can cause fundamental changes in perceptions of oneself. Firestone, when describing being valued by a loved one, writes, “Being valued or seen in a positive light is confusing, because it conflicts with the negative self-concept that many people …show more content…
“Gott! Gott! Im Himmel! The sky is falling to the earth! I see him - him, and his wife leaning on his arm, coming over.”(10) When Yezierska wrote “The sky is falling to the earth” it shows how hyperbolic the statement was; the sky is not actually falling; instead, the sight of seeing her ex-lover is so painful that to her, it feels as though it’s the end of the world. Eliot uses the allusion “but as if a magic lantern, through nerves in patterns on a screen.”(105) The allusion here is about a 17th century projector. Prufrock had his emotions being projected, not on a screen but evident in his body language. “Nerves in patterns on a screen” shows just how anxious he is about asking the one he loves a meaningful question. The fact that he uses this allusion, describes his inner thoughts without saying it directly. The specific use of the word nerves makes the fact that Prufrock is anxious about this dilemma he is facing.

The changes that are undergone before, in, and after a relationship is all a result of the emotion that we call love; it can be a change for the better or it can be a change for the worse. The change is evident through the thousands of relationships that people in the world have been through, but more importantly, the changes are shown in the works by the authors of these love
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