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Character Analysis of J. Alfred Prufrock

Introduction

The character analysis of the heroic disposition is to contribute to the general academia at large through extensive study. The title character of T.S. Eliot's “J. Alfred Prufrock” reveals silent inner thoughts of disappointment, loneliness, insecurity and self-disgusting middle-aged man. The compositions of these perceptions are in free relations that create the images from reader's insight into the character of Mr. Prufrock. The character of Eliot is disassociated and disillusioned with society, yet he is satisfied with longing for companionship, comfort and love. Prufrock is fearful and self-conscious person, who finds himself weird from the world's eye. This developed perspective was the reason of own disgust and insignificance.

Discussion

Character Analysis

The specific imagery of Eliot is used to figure Prufrock mental images that provide the insight knowledge where words fail. Prufrock's wonders whether he should focus on social gathering or not, and his insecurities in encountering women were another cause of his hesitation. If we examine Prufrock's statement for not going in the party, one should notice that his distress, which is not justly due to his vigorous thoughts or his shyness towards a particular woman or in general. It is not the entire fact that his anxiety lies with a relationship, but it is deeply associated with his aging self and with societal perception. The trait of Prufrock makes him a man with no concern of world, just living for passing a time. The obsession with the time is evident by Prufrock's insistence that he is now old. The emotional and psychological traits discover their hereditary in the visual and physical bases, because it is his external layer which is ready to judge. It has been observed that it is Prufrock, himself, who frequently sees the flaw of age and shows his uncertainty with his outlook, which leads him to the conclusion of others view in the similar way.

In the lines of “Time to turn back and descend the stair---- But how his arms and legs are thin!” (37-44), Prufrock supposes that what other visitors will think about him, but none of the supposed exclamations insist how Prufrock was in young age? He simply highlights the faults he has by the result of his growing age. His consciousness regarding his outdated dressing style was deeply associated to his recent state, which he is not able to fix with it. His loss of muscles and bald spot shows the symptoms of losing youthfulness. Prufrock way of viewing himself, and the way he assumes world's views about his physical appearance turns him malaise with the passage of time. His anxiety is not fixed to the aging body but also seems in his psychological obsession with time. The poet presents spectacular monologue with accuracy that capture the worry of Prufrock in slenderest repetition. An instance of Prufrock's obsession through his cognitive state is found in the repetition of term "And" at the starting of 21 lines, and the term “All' at the concluding lines. ...