Prufrock and Hamlet are similar in their notable impotence but are different in that while Prufrock is submissive and pessimistic to his inability to act, Hamlet is inherently an active person, but his delirium turns him into ostentatious impotency; Meursault, on the other hand, is merely inert in his thoughts. Prufrock’s impotence is largely due to his submissive nature. In the poem, Prufrock summarizes his own nature in a concise phrase, “And in short, I was afraid (Elliot 3.86)”. From the poem
TOPIC: One of the elements that can be compared in the plays “Hamlet”, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Agamemnon” is hamartia. THESIS STATEMENT: One of the elements that can be compared in the plays “Hamlet”, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Agamemnon” is hamartia. We will understand how hamartia ties the plots together; analyse and compare. Hamlet, Prufrock, and Agamemnon’s roles in each of the plays; and evaluate how their personalities affect the outcome of their lives and
Essay Outline Topic: Peripeteia Thesis Statement: While peripeteia differs among Agamemnon, Hamlet, ‘’The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’’, and John F. Kennedy’s Secret Society Speech, it is very similar in terms of initial level of vulnerability, the turning point, and the result of the plot reversal. Considering this, the level of catahrsism cause by tragedies decreases as the audience knows what to expect. Mapping Scheme (Your main points): - Each protagonist is murdered near the end of
In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, Prufrock's insecurity and apprehension about everything causes his negativity, revealing that a person's inaction can negatively impact his/her life. Eliot shows this through allusion and imagery. The use of imagery creates the idea of negativity in Prufrock. Prufrock's attitude keeps him from being social because it puts negative thoughts in his own head. One example of this is when he says, "I have measured out my life with coffee
Is J. Alfred Prufrock a loser? T.S. Eliot takes the reader on a conflicting journey of love in his poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Popularity is a concept that we, as humans, tend to struggle with. The way one grows up and the way one is treated by others can ultimately affect their self-esteem in future years, causing them to believe what people say about them. However, Prufrock did not draw the right straw. He was not raised too well known and the evidence of this leaks through even
Eliot displays imagery in ‘The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock’ by using devices such as similes, metaphors, zoomorphic imagery and poetic structure. This gives the reader an understanding of the way the narrator is both feeling and thinking about his life. Through these devices he is able to embellish reality, creating obscure imagery that has the reader re-evaluating their mortality. Within the first few lines of Prufrock, Eliot displays enjambment and caesuras to help in creating his imagery
race, and class. There is also a preoccupation with inner-self and the consciousness, the disillusionment, and the loss of faith. Meanwhile, in literature, there was a rejection of the ideal hero in favor of the realistically flawed hero like Prufrock. In words of Vanspanckeren in the description of
Paper Topic #1 Gustave Flaubert’s, A Simple Heart, is one of the most realistic pieces of literature out there. A few of the main themes in this story are disillusionment, frustration and resignation. Realism is an enormous part of this story and in literature as a whole. Realism in literature focuses on middle and lower class characters because the authors were customarily middle class. Realism in literature is also depicted by art imitating life, meaning that art is not always beautiful but in
Brave New World and Equus and are both texts portraying societies that do not tolerate the individual; they demand spiritual uniformity. Similarly, T.S Eliot's poetry depicts spiritual desolation: of a Europe projected into turmoil after WWI. People could not reconcile their thoughts to a benign God that would allow mass slaughter. Brave New World is set in a dystopian future at approximately 2542 A.D. After a cataclysmic war, the society created is devoid of suffering to the extent that it has become