![]() Is it perfume from a dress that makes me digress”. For example, Prufrock observed their arms “that are braceleted and white and bare. In this poem, Prufrock was tantalized by some unconscious behavior of those exquisite ladies. Freud coined a new meaning to the term that people were fundamentally motivated to do things by libido. Brill’s translation of Freud’s “Selected Papers on Hysteria” and it was Freud’s use of the term that led to its popularity. He seemed to need someone to confess his trouble and struggle by his extraordinary metaphors and allusions.Īccording to the definition from Online Etymology Dictionary, the word “libido” is from Latin word “lubido” which means psychic drive or energy, usually associated with sexual instinct and sensual passion and lust. All of these were his fantasy through his monologue. But actually Prufrock did not go out until the end. Alfred Prufrock intended to go somewhere maybe be a salon or a party and visit someone. The beginning of the poem showed the speaker, J. As Cleanth Brook pointed out, “Prufrock” was not about the dilemma of individuals and individual cities, but about the dilemma of an era and Western civilization. Prufrock as a typical figure alluded more or less to the spiritual situation of early modern westerners. Therefore, it was his dilemma that made him could not live in harmony with the real world and then led to him spiritually paralyzed and alienated. He was confined by the real world and had no way to change and flee. Second, Prufrock’s ideal society cannot be balanced with the society he is living in. First, Prufrock’s desire or libido was not able to be satisfied in light of the deficiency of masculinity and women’ strong position. This paper attempts to focus on the discussion of Prufrock’s dilemma from two aspects. Alfred Prufrock, a middle-aged intellectual living in a modern city who was timid, sensitive and irresolute told his bitter dilemma to his silent audience in his monologue. Eliot’s friend, the poet Conrad Aiken once said that Prufrock was about a distressed and anxious freak. Alfred was created in such historical context. Eliot also observed that “the consciousness of confusion was particularly pronounced in the early 20th century”. And also the First World War made the social situation more turbulent where the spiritual world of modern urbanite is on the verge of collapse and the whole western world is in a state of disorder. Industrialization and new technologies had transformed society and workforce. Considered one of the 20 th century’s major poets, Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem “Prufrock” which was seen as a masterpiece of the modernist movement.Īt the beginning of the 20 th century, European and American life had undergone significant and irrevocable changes. ![]() It was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse and later printed as part of a twelve-poem pamphlet titled Prufrock and Other Observations in 1917. Alfred Prufrock, commonly known as “Prufrock” is the early masterpiece written by American-born English poet T. ![]()
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