The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock and Anti-Hero | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What is the main message of "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock"?

If you allow trivial excuses and insecurities prevent you from taking chances, you will never have a fulfilling life.

Describe the anti-hero.

The antihero lacks traditional heroic qualities, like morality, courage, or idealism. They are rebellious and self-involved. They deserve empathy.

The aim of an antihero narrative is moral _______.

Ambiguity

What is Prufrock is most afraid of?

Rejection; Being misunderstood

Inner thoughts and feelings written down at the moment they appear in the mind. Like a stream.

Stream of Consciousness Writing

The private thoughts said out loud by one person who is alone.

Dramatic Monologue

What could the overwhelming question be that he speaks of?

Will I ever find love? Should I dare express my feelings? Can I find meaning in my life?

What exactly is "pinned wriggling on the wall" and what does he compare this image to?

He compares himself to an insect on display receiving scrutiny

Name two reasons why he should have been "a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the silent seas"

Walking sideways, never forwards, at the bottom of the ocean, never rising up, a hardened shell, thin awkward arms

Name two of Prufrock body parts that he feels most ashamed of.

Thin arms and legs, bald spot on his head

Finish the line "Do I dare..."

"...eat a peach?" OR "...disturb the universe?"

Finish the line "And the women come and go..."

Talking of Michelangelo

What is the cat being compared to as it "rubs its back upon window panes"

Yellow fog

Name two settings that this poem alludes to.

Deserted streets, sawdust restaurants, the ocean

Why did Eliot include the epilogue in his poem?

To set the tone and make it sound like a secret confession.

What is the poem TS Eliot included in the epilogue (title and author)?

Dante's Inferno

What Language is the Epilogue in?

Italian