A 4 page paper discussing T.S. Eliot's 1919 poem, and its treatment of emotional alienation in the character of Prufrock himself. The imagery is discussed in great depth. No sources except poem. A 5 page paper analyzing various critiques of T.S. Eliot's poem. The paper looks at critiques written close to the time of publication and compares them to more recent ones, showing how the way the poem is interpreted has changed in the seventy-six years since it first appeared.
Bibliography lists eight sources.
A 5 page paper analyzing the symbolism of water in Eliot's landmark poem. Bibliography lists 3 sources. A 7 page paper discussing the motif of time in T.S. Eliot's most famous and perplexing poem. The paper argues that the poem creates a sense of timelessness, not by ignoring chronology, but by telescoping it all together, thus underscoring humanity's ongoing part in the grand cycle of death and rebirth. Bibliography lists five sources.