The Song of J Alfred Prufrock

The Song of J Alfred Prufrock

Q: Does Prufrock better illustrate a character of the naturalist period or one of the modern age? Why?

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a psychological profile of a white, middle-aged, middle-class, late Victorian man suffering from an acute spiritual malaise as a result of his boring, unimaginative, routine, repressed bourgeois existence. The poem, T. S. Eliot's first major publication, immediately established his reputation as an important poet. It also announced one of the themes that Eliot explored throughout his career: the emptiness of modern life, made tedious ...