Part one of term paper
In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot uses allusions as well as imagery to develop his theme that life is too short to allow fear’s hesitation to stop us from living true to dreams of happiness because we will all be judged in the end. This multi-layered poem is the internal monologue of the character J. Alfre ...

Part two of term paper
... does not directly say what the character Prufrock is feeling; instead he utilizes the works of others, such as Dante, to clarify his thoughts and his “universe.” The beginning of the poem is from Dante’s Inferno. The original work describes a hellish place where spirits are in the forms of flames and the character is asked to describe his life. He tells his story only because he believes no one will hear it. By alluding to Dante’s “Inferno”, Eliot has accompl ...