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J Alfred Prufrock Self-Doubt

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People who find themselves in love, will often over think, and fantasize about the endless possibilities with their loved one/significant other. Over thinking will lead one into self-doubt for there are so many options, never just one choice. “The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot was written in the modern age, when everyone lived in cities and technology started to arise. In “The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock” by TS Eliot, the speaker develops his thoughts on self-doubt with the use of imagery and conflict. The speaker talks about the girl he loves and throughout his thoughts it’s clear to say that he does not know what to do with what he feels for her because there are many different outcomes and possibilities that can occur if …show more content…

He expresses his feelings for her indirectly. He is writing to her to express his love and show her that he’s conflicted and does not know how to act on his feelings. Although the main purpose would be that the speaker wants to gain clarity on what to do with his feelings for this girl. He doesn’t know if he should act on his feelings and risk it all or if he should let his feelings remain dormant. Prufrock contemplates all of his decisions so he finds himself feeling lost and confused. The overall subject of the poem would be Prufrock's indecisiveness. Throughout the poem there are multiple tones and they all relate back to the theme of self-doubt. For most of the poem the tone would be loneliness because Prufrock always relates to isolation and distance. He also compares himself to other lonely things. “There will be time, there will be time to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet” (5 th stanza 4 th line) shows that there is a shift in the tone which turns from loneliness to hopefulness. Prufrock says that there will be time one day to do many things; the time will eventually come. Then the tone switches to disappointment for he is disappointed that he did not make any effort to try to change his destiny. He feels that he did not get anything in return; he doesn’t feel that it’s worth to keep going on about his feelings. “No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.” (Stanza 16, line 1) This quote shows how he was disappointed

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