These particular people were further singled out in the 9 th stanza as women of women on which the protagonist seems to posit an attitude synonymous to sour-graping. He knows that those people are full of life’s superficiality. In the seventh stanza the protagonist was pondering about the things he did or the trivialities he did in his life and it also shows that he knows what kinds of people would be present at the party. In the sixth stanza of the poem one could envision the protagonist hesitating on whether he should continue to climb the stairs which would take him to the place where the party is being held, he keep on worrying on whether he should “dare” communicate or try to reach out to these people. The women the protagonist is about to meet at the party are belittled in that their primary use is to serve as some kind of a decoration and keep shallow conversation going all throughout the party as could be seen on the following line “that lift and drop a question on your plate” (Eliot, 1917). The readers could then envision Prufrock worrying himself over life’s trivialities such as what tie to wear at the party and what words he should use to strike up a conversation (presumably with a woman) at the party. The fourth stanza of the poem implies to life’s triviality as could be seen on the following line “hundred indecisions…before the taking of toast and tea”. The streets seems to curve to a particular conclusion or question and it seems to ask if the protagonist should dare to assert himself or to reach out and try to communicate with other people. The city discussed in the poem appears gloomy, it seems to portray the city in a half dead, desolate, and lonely feel. Most of the themes and tone of Profruck illustrates profound melancholy and lack of communication or inability to express himself. The 2st stanza of the poem hints that Profruck and a companion are out for an evening walk. The poem shows a great deal of Prufrock’s inability to commit and express himself to women or to love, or to other individuals for that matter. As was mentioned earlier this poem takes the form of a dramatic monologue in which the speaker unconsciously reveals a part of himself to the silent readers. The original title of the poem is actually Prufrock Among Women and this particular emasculation added a certain depth to the themes the author would delve into which rotates around the notion of paralysis and heroism. Prufrock then is a ludicrous name and the author wants the subconscious implication of a prude in a frock. However, in spite of this particular endeavor he knows deep inside that it is no use since he would no longer be young again and this particular fear of approaching old age contributed a great deal to his paralysis which is the primary theme of this poem.įrom the title of the poem alone one could have an idea that Prufrock is no ordinary or traditional love poem. ![]() ![]() Prufrock tried to make himself feel what it is like to be young again one notable example was when he tried to dress and fashion his hair the way young men does. The character of Prufrock made many references on his going bald, most notably was a scene with a reaper who is holding his coat for him so that he could then on leave this material world. ![]() Among the things he constantly look upon is the things he did not do, his regrets for acting the way he did, for his indecisions, and most of all he is looking back on his failure with regards to women thus one could then on say that one of the primary tones of the poem is that of a tired, ironic self-criticism. Upon reading the poem one could envision that Prufrock is not really that old, he is probably a middle-aged man who is trying to examine what went wrong with his life, or trying to look back to the choices he made at the course of his life.
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