"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

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The paper discusses the character of J. Alfred Prufrock in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". The paper portrays how Eliot's descriptions show Prufrock's personality. The paper highlights the symbolic presentation of Eliot's continual hopelessness in the poem.

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"In T.S.Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" the poet introduces us J.Alfred Prufrock. He takes us into the inner chamber of that indecisive man through a different kind of monologue. In this particular kind of monologue the reader becomes the silent listener. This is not only a dramatic mologue but also a dialogue of Prufrock with his own soul. We can see that from the very begining of the poem; in the first line "Let us go, you I". Undeniably, "you and I" are the representatives of the body and the soul. The poet tells us he can start, "go" only when his body and soul come together and be the one. Initially we are not yet informed about what the poet is going to start or where he is going to go, however as we become familiar with Prufrock's personality we can infer the aim of Prufrock and so the poet."

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