What type of man is Prufrock?
Alfred Prufrock: J. Alfred Prufrock is a lonely, middle-aged man who moves through a modern, urban environment in a state of confusion and isolation. Prufrock’s preoccupations with his balding head and his banter over afternoon tea provide the outlines of an identity.
How does Prufrock describe himself?
Alfred Prufrock,” Prufrock feels unconfident and self-conscious He is lonely, aging, and balding, and his apparent desire to connect with others, especially women, remains unrealized.
Who is the you in Prufrock?
Later the “you” is the woman he wants to seduce, possibly propose to. Line 14: The great Italian sculptor and painter (1475 – 1564). His accomplishments and the women’s interest in him shake Prufrock’s already fragile self-confidence.
What do you think is the purpose of the epigraph from Dante’s Inferno?
The epigraph of this poem is a six-line quotation from Canto 27 of the Inferno by the Renaissance Italian poet Dante Alighieri. In order to scare him away from sin and other bad things, heaven sends another poet named Virgil to give Dante a guided tour through the horrors of Hell (known as “Inferno” in Italian).
What advice would you give Prufrock if he were your friend?
b) The best advice I would give this friend would be the colloquially “slap in the face” and the “the welcome to the real world” speech. Honestly sometimes people have to take the risks and accept the consequences in order to be happy.
What does like a patient etherized upon a table mean?
The imagery of this invitation begins with a startling simile, “Let us go then you and I/ When the evening is spread out against the sky/ Like a patient etherised upon a table.” Furthermore, the imagery of the “etherised patient” denotes a person waiting for treatment.
What poem does and indeed there will be time allude to?
“To have squeezed the universe into a ball” (92) and “indeed there will be time” (23) echo the closing lines of Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’. Other phrases such as, “there will be time” and “there is time” are reminiscent of the opening line of that poem: “Had we but world enough and time”.
What does Prufrock mean when he says there will be time there will be time to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet?
‘Prepare a face’ has a double meaning, as it can mean to literally cover up one’s face with makeup, or to hide how you truly feel from others by figuratively ‘putting on a mask’ to cover how one feels about living in a new environment.
Who does Prufrock say he has heard singing each to each?
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. Mermaids will sing to anyone, they are there to capture you. Except they will not offer their flirtation to Prufrock.
Why is Prufrock stymied by the thought of eating peach why would eating a peach in public be problematic for him?
Why is Prufrock stymied by the thought of eating peach? Why would eating a peach in public be problematic for him? a. Perhaps it’s because he’s growing older and when you’re growing older you may lose your teeth, maybe he’s worried about biting into the peach and what that will do for his gums.
Which phrase from the excerpt most clearly conveys the speakers leisurely tone?
Answer: And indeed there will be time. This line conveys a relaxed and leisurely tone. The speaker states that “indeed there will be time,” which implies that the time for all of this is not now. Moreover, it conveys the feeling that the speaker is not particularly worried about when the time is going to come.