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The title of the poem is for ironical purpose. The type of the poem is dramatic
Thetitleofthepoemisforironicalpurpose.Thetypeofthepoemisdramatic
monologue. The poem starts with an Italian quotation. This quotation is about hell. Dante is
askingGuido;whattypesofsinsyouhavecommitted.Thepoetreferstothisexact
quotationbecausetheyareliving"thepoetandDante"islivinginsimilarHell;oneis
physical hell and the second is Metaphysical hell. This poem is like a confession of his sins.
Thepoemisa referencetoallusion.Instanza4weseehowitisanallusionto"hiscoy
mistress"byAndrewMarvel.ThepoemisaboutAlfredPrufrockwhoisphysicallyweak
"thinlegandarms".Heisinthemiddleagedmandwithabaldspotinthemiddle
ofhis hair.Hedressesaccordingtothelatestfashion.Helacksasenseofselfconfidentashe
alwayscaresofwhatpeoplewillsayabouthim.Heiswomanizer.Heisnotattractiveto
women.Heiscareless,irresponsibleanddoesn'tknowthevalueoftime.Heistimidand
cowardwhokeepsrepeating"DoIdare".Hecannottakedecisions. Heisnotamanof
action. His words are louder than his actions. He is a man of word. He is a hypocrite living
among hypocrites. The setting of the poem is modern city
life; "half deserted streets", "one night cheap hotel", "saw dust restaurant", "Museums, large big hall".
It is interesting to see Prufrockfrom
TheLoveSongofJ. AlfredPrufrock
byT.S.EliotcomparehimselftoHamlet. Ofcourse,Prufrockimmediatelyre
jectstheidea,claimsheisnowhereasimportantas
Hamlet,andreturnstohisusualself-criticism.Hesuggeststhathewouldbeaminor
characterinaplay,nottheprotagonist.However,Prufrock'sdenialinbeingsimilarto Hamlet is somewhat more iron
ic than true because he does, in fact, resemble him. Similar toHamlet,Prufrock'sgreatestflawishisindecisivenessaswellashisself-deprecation.
AlthoughHamletandPrufrockhavecompletelydifferentsituations –
onehesitatingto murder his uncle a
nd the other hesitating to ask a girl out these two characters prove to
the readers that the way they act (or don’t act) upon these dilemmas are exactly the same.