Human Insecurity in T.S Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Ess

Human Insecurity in T.S Eliots The know Song of J. Alfred PrufrockT.S Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is an examination of human insecurity and folly, substantiate in the titles J. Alfred Prufrock. Eliots story of a mans overwhelming doubtfulness, his inability to charter it, and consequently, his mental rejection plays off the poems many ambiguities, some(prenominal) structural and literal. Eliot uses these uncertainties to develop both the plot of the poem and the character of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poems setting is one that conjures up images of vagueness. It is modify with yellow mist and yellow smoke, both of which suggest a certain denseness and haziness. Similarly, Prufrock is faced with another kind of mist - heart and soul from a dress (65) that sends him back into his spiral of insecurity. The importance of Prufrocks overwhelming question (presumably, proposing to a woman) is placed alongside items such as tea and cakes and ices (79) and dissimilar othe r trivialities such as novels, teacups, marmalade and skirts that trail across the floor(102). Prufrocks inner, mental conception of thoughts and questions is divided from his outer, physical world which is composed of genuine objects it is ironic then, that the material world inside the room is the one that is hidden by ...yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpane panes/The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window pane (15-16). Prufrock is trapped in this artificial world, however he is withal afraid to escape - he asks himself if he dares to disturb the universe and apparently, he doesnt. The poem is also ambiguous regarding the identity of Prufrocks audience. Prufrock refers clearly to a you and I in the first stanzas of the poem but later... ... he feels uncomfortable with Hamlets Prince and the qualities associated with it. J. Alfred Prufrock is a tragic figure in his own right indecision universe his tragic flaw. Eliots character is a compelling portrait of insecurity, trapped in a rigid and materialistic environment by his own doubts and fears and ineffective to reconcile his desires with his actions. Works Cited and ConsultedEliot, T. S.. The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock. Making Literature return An Anthology for Readers and Writers. 2nd Ed. Schlib & Clifford. Boston Bedford, 2003. 851-855.Pinion, F. B. A T.S. Eliot Companion. Totowa Barnes & Noble Books, 1986. Sharma, Jitendra Kumar. Time & T.S. Eliot His Poetry, Plays, and Philosophy. New York cagy Books, INC. 1985. Spurr, David. Conflicts in Consciousness T.S. Eliots Poetry & Criticism. Urbana U of Illinois P. 1984.