The Lovesong Of J Alfred Prufrock Analysis

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The Connection between Inferno and ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
“If I thought that my answer were to none who might ever return to this world, this flame would shake no more; but since from this depth none ever returned alive, if what I hear is true, I answer you without fear of infamy” (Alighieri XXVII. 58-63). This quote was from Dante’s Inferno and the epigraph of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” which shows one of the many similarities in each piece. This quote was said by Guido, who was concerned about his reputation and how others thought of him, which is also prevalent in “Prufrock”. In the poem Inferno, the main character, Dante, goes through Hell with his guide, Virgil, and encounters many themes that are also present in “Prufrock.” Two themes that are present in both pieces are the themes of reputation of time this shows that life how the actions you do determines your future and afterlife.
In Inferno, Dante goes through all nine circles of Hell and comes upon many people and he listens to their stories. Ciacco is the first of …show more content…
In Dante’s Inferno Hell is a permanent, unchanging state. In circle eight, bolgia seven Dante witnesses the thieves eternal punishment “as quickly as he flamed and fell in ash; and when he dissolved into a heap upon the ground, the dust rose of itself and immediately resumed its former shape” (Alighieri XXIX. 102-105). Their punishment is compared to the phoenix, who dies only to be born again. In circle nine Dante sees a huge frozen lake where the “livid dead are sealed in place up to the part at which they blushed for shame, and they beat their teeth like storks” (Alighieri XXXII. 35-37). The frozen lake symbolizes time in Hell that is frozen with the sinners submerged in it. Since the sinners can’t move and relieve their suffering the ice represents eternity for them. In Hell Dante sees sinners who are suffering from eternal punishment that never
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