T.S. Eliot艾略特 普鲁弗洛克的情歌.pptVIP

* The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 英语103班 王继连 ? Symbolic meaning ? Irony in the poem ? Major themes Content The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Symbolic meaning Prufrock archetypal modern man the fog the dream world Prufrock walks through the coffe spoons trivial ways Prufrock has lived his life The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes; I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; Irony in the poem absence of love inability to love lacking in will to change that life hundred times of indecisions and revisions the title love song clear insights into his sterile life strong desire for love The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Major Themes Prufrocks paralysis Temporal repetition and anxiety Fragmentation Debasement and Hell The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1.Prufrocks Paralysis Like Hamlet, Prufrock is paralised and unable to act. Prufrocks paralysis is not over murder and the state of a corrupt kingdom, but whether he should dare to eat a peach (122) in front of high-society women. Prufrock is a modern tragic hero, that is to say he is a mock-hero whose concerns are pathetic yet still real. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Major themes Indeed, Prufrocks paralysis revolves around his social and sexual anxieties, the two usually tied together. The heros emasculation柔弱，无力 shows up in a number of physical areas: his arms and legs are thin (44) and, notably, his hair is growing thin (41). As hair is a symbol of virility男子气, Eliot suggests that Prufrocks paralysis is deeply rooted in psychosexual anxiety. Unable to bring himself and his world together and build a base for meaningful action,Prufock, with his physical impotence, epitomizes the spiritual impotence of archetypal modern man. Major themes The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Prufrocks paralysis roots itself in the poems struc