J Alfred Prufrock Love Song Essay

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The perspective within the audio aligns with my perspective as it addresses the key ideas of fragmentation and uncertainty in relation to the nature of relationships and the complexity of existence. Love song by J Alfred Prufrock concerns a middle aged man and his inability to connect within his modern world due to his struggle to find a sense of identity within his ever changing world. T.S Eliot uses love song to showcase the contextual shift from victorian era towards a period of social change in the form of industrialisation, technological advancement as well as societal class changes known as modernism

Prufrock showcases uncertainty within the nature of relationships through "women come and go talking of Michelangelo"shows his inability to assimilate within society therefore disconnecting and isolating himself, prufrock within the above quote showcases his fear of rejection by women that occurs due to his lack of cultural understanding, introducing the idea of inadequacy and self-consciousness. The separation of the stanzas, physically showcases the separation between prufrock and women, as an example of his uncertainty within human connection. "come and go" is relevant
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"do i dare/disturb the universe", showcases prufrocks inability to communicate or articulate due to his fear and uncertainty in relation to the futility of the answer, prufrock instead procrastinates or delays action remaining in a state of stasis. "Do i dare" showcases his hesitation. Prufrocks understanding of his personal existence is challenged through his nilhistic perspective shown through the metaphor "i have measured out my life with coffee spoons" portraying the insignificance of existence through the use of daily aspects of life therefore confronting the idea of mans existence as an asinine routine performance through the use of diminutive