Dear J. Alfred Prufrock, the great Greek philosopher, Socrates, once said, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing”. It is in my opinion that Socrates summarized you life in the one line. Prufrock, your writing is divine genius, but it is clear to see that you are facing the most pure and overwhelming questions concerning the very folds of the universe all at once. Not to discount the valid earthly problems of everyday life. As in betwixt your elegant lines containing the most In the contents of this letter, my hope is that I enclose useful advise which might shed light onto your current quandary expressed in your poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.. Your habitual passiveness is prevalent through all …show more content…
Prufrock, to put it simply you seemly over-analyze every move you make, both in mundan situations or in the questioning of the universe. Lines 40-48 best showcase this problematic perseption, you voice, “With a bald spot in the middle of my hair--/ (They will say: ‘How his hair is growing thin!’)/ My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,/ My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin--/ (They will say: ‘But how his arms and legs are thin!’)/ Do I dare/ Disturb the universe?”. Obviously, there is a difference between festering over the concerns of the universe and the anxiety connected to the attraction two individuals share. In regards to both issues arisen, I implore you to understand the fact that one cannot live a fulfilling over thinking every turn in the road. Tell me Prufrock, do you consciously process every step you take or every instant your lungs fill with air? To enjoy life, one must let go and live, so that one life is as easy as …show more content…
Lines 13-14, and lines 65-69 you discuss, “In the room the women come and go/ Talking of Michelangelo/.... Is is perfume from a dress/ that makes me so digress?/ Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl./ And should I then presume?/ And should I begin?”. Although the mere presence of a lady is enough to divert your attention from matters of importance and begin to fumble over your infatuations, look elsewhere for fulfillment in of love life. First of all, do not go to where the ladies talk of Michelangelo in search of a partner because they only make you insecure of yourself, as seen in your fixation with how the women perceive your appearances. It is a fact that someone will love you for you, not the person you aspire to portray to the ladies. In like manner, you need a partnership with one who will help you connect to the world, yet you waste time pursuing the ones who will drag you down to the depths of insecurity and disaster. I recommend that you hold off on your quest for love, for love will come to one when one least expects love. In the meantime, settle down to find the greater beauty in life than chasing after ladies skirts. Perhaps reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature will shine some light into areas of life which pass you by
In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical fiction novel written by Julia Alvarez. The book focuses on the lives of the four Mirabal sisters who were killed on November 25th, 1960 as a result of organizing against the government. Throughout the novel, the sisters are oppressed and hurt by the many men in their lives. The book takes a view that is not very tolerant of men. The men often do things that hurt the women in their lives, such as physically hurt them, cheat on them, or control them against their will.
One’s outlook on life can be dictated by their importance of
Analysis of the Last Line In “The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone” In his first novella, “The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone”, the writer, Tennessee Williams, has portrayed the life of a woman who loses her beauty and goes through menopause and comes to the realization that her success as an actress had more to do with her beauty and single minded tenacity to be "The King on Top of the Mountain", rather than natural talent. She gives up on her career as an actress and goes into a form of exile by travelling to Europe with her husband, who unfortunately passes away two months later. She goes through an existentialist soul searching journey. She analyses and lives her life in a detached way and feels that she is mindlessly drifting on the ocean of life without any actual purpose.
Throughout the following essay, Cynthia Zarin’s poem “sSong” will be critically analysed and assessed. Cynthia Zarin is an American poet born in 1959. She published a poem named “Song” in 1993 to show her compassion to her lover. The poem consists of 3 stanzas whereby each stanza is contains 3 lines. The poem is written about a woman’s love relationship towards with a man.
Peyton Williamson Professor Tanya Boler English 223301 March 23, 2015 Analysis of the Modern Connections Present in “The Love Story of J. Alfred Prufrock” T.S. Elliot was one of the most well-read literary composers and seemed to be his own endless book of literary references. His mind could simply make literary connections in a work without his actual conscious consent. There were times when his own literary works were made up almost entirely of allusions to other works of literature.
He reads the letters every night. He 's in love with Martha, but she 's not in love with him.” Women effecting the men that who they 're not even with which shows a lot . The men idealize an ,lust the women and use their presence. By imaginations ,in letters and photographs that they have as a kind of comfort or some type of reminder.
“Thy love is such I can no way repay. The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray” (226). Lines 9 and 10 show a Feminist criticism point of view, these verses make the suggestion that the wife may be inferior to her husband, implying the husband’s superiority. Line 3, “If ever wife was happy in a man” (226), in which the word wife is used but man rather than husband is employed. The word wife in the line means belonging and dependency while man represents strength and independence.
“While I admired her understanding and fancy I loved to tend on her, as I should on a favorite animal; and I never saw so much grace both of a person and mind united to so little pretension.” He was in love with her since he saw her and the beauty, both physically and mentally, she
The different key features also plays an important role for example the tone that is being formed by the lyrical voice that can be seen as a nephew or niece. This specific poem is also seen as an exposition of what Judith Butler will call a ‘gender trouble’ and it consist of an ABBA rhyming pattern that makes the reading of the poem better to understand. The poem emphasizes feminist, gender and queer theories that explains the life of the past and modern women and how they are made to see the world they are supposed to live in. The main theories that will be discussed in this poem will be described while analyzing the poem and this will make the poem and the theories clear to the reader. Different principals of the Feminist Theory.
Hence, a person should live day by day because any day might be their last. When a person is older, they want to look back on what they accomplished and not on what they could have accomplished. People do not want to look back to the past and regret that they did not take the time to pursue an opportunity. They want to look back on the things they did and be proud to tell about the things they achieved. One should spend their day living, at all times.
Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth, Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on, and yet, within a month Let me not think on ’t. Frailty, thy name is woman!” (Act1 Scene 2,lines 140-145)
She breaks her thoughts down in order to show the indifference. She says that women are first portrayed as objects; this patriarchal society sees us as mere bodies. Thus, we are either regarded as objects or as bodies; the mind does not exists here. Here, the subjectivity does not lie in the mind, but within the body. Women’s sole purpose is to be that of another subject’s intentions and manipulations.
He idealizes the woman he loves and sees her to be far better than she actually is. This is also demonstrated in the line,“Love’s eye is not so true as all men’s” (8). This further proves the difference between sight with love and without. Sight with love ignores flaws, while sight without gives a clear view of imperfections.
In Rainer Maria Rilke 's writing, Letters to a Young Poet “Letter One” Rilke’s word choice keeps his tone steady as he builds on his two central ideas. Rilke, an early 1900’s poet, was asked to give advice to a young poet named, Frank Kappus. Rilke gives his advice through a series of letters. However, Rilke does not believe that criticism should have anything to do with art, so he castigates Kappus for asking for criticism.
This is different from the other poem Women because in the poem by Nikki Giovanni the speaker keeps changing for someone and they constantly reject her. This shows that she does not have the confidence to be who she truly is without their approval. “She wanted to be a blade / of grass amid the fields / but he wouldn 't agree / to be the dandelion,” (Giovanni 1-4). These lines show that they do not want to be amongst