Comparison of J. Alfred Prufrock and the Narrator of The Wasteland
These two epic poems by "The Father of Modern Poetry" T.S. Eliot, are comparable and similar when their styles, contents and themes are scrutinized. Additionally, each of these poems exemplifies the quirky mastery of Eliot's contributions to the literary world. Although each poem focuses around timeless themes and subjects, the texts are both saturated in a conspicuous mix of odd-ness and new-ness which is what ultimately links them together as modern masterpieces. Style is undoubtedly one of the most obvious and apparent characteristics of the two poems. Serving as perfect illustrations of Eliot's innate and curious writing style, both The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Wasteland are written with just enough confusion and randomness as to overload the reader with questions, overwhelm them with incognizance and entice them to continue reading. However, the way in which Eliot's writing style reflects upon the central characters of each poem is quite different. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the basic nature of the title character is complimented and enhanced by the style that Eliot maintains throughout the poem. One example is Eliot's use of recurrent images, which are a part of the confusion and randomnes
Another important comparison can be drawn between the "plots" of the two poems. Although because of style the poem's objectives and resignations seem unclear and rather ambiguous, it is possible to identify a plot in each as it pertains to 'The Narrator' and Prufrock respectively. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Prufrock is torn and struggles between his self-consciousness and timid-ness, and his yearning for satisfaction and fulfillment in life's realms of sex, emotions, and knowledge of the future, the past, and the present. In its entirety, the poem portrays the introspections of Prufrock as he ponders his existence and poses endless, and seemingly unanswerable questions, such as "Do I Dare?" (page 7). Similarly, in The Wasteland, the narrator seems to take a pilgrimage of sorts in search of amends and satisfaction for his soul and inner being as well as his physical being. The latter yearnings - of the physical being - are exemplified in his depiction of three different women and the crude bleakness of each of their sexual encounters (pages 44-45). s of his writing style. Throughout The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Eliot returns, again and again, to the image of Prufrock's hair growing thin and gra
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Approximate Word count = 830
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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