The examination of how modern, overeducated and intellectual men are alienated from their environment of materialistic values of the Modern Era, with regard to the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot.

摘要

An intellectual man eventually questions the deviations in his society and he is usuallyudastounded by how he is obliged to stand alone in that society. This work specifically focuses onudhow the shattered values of Modern World lead the intellectual individual to alienation andudsuffering, with regard to the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot. Theudgiven imageries, stylistic devices, meanings and some certain references are examined as well, asudindications of the suffering of the individual.udThe essay also includes the historical and social background of American Literature ofudtwentieth century and stresses the relation between the mentioned factors and the attitude ofudmodern men. After World War I, the artistic approach of some certain writers of the mentionedudera has been mainly affected by the social changes. The main aim is to study how these changesudinfluenced the poetry of T.S. Elliot; more specifically investigate the indications of that certainudstate of mind embedded in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”.udAs a focus, the research question of this essay suggests concentrating on the topic byudtaking major themes, linguistics, structures, tone, atmosphere and setting of the poem intoudconsideration. All the mentioned points are discussed in a detailed way in order to determine andudcomprehend the state of endurance and alienation of modern man. With the help of stylisticuddevices, language and themes he uses, Elliot demonstrates how he is distressful about theudmaterialistic values of the Modern Era, as well as his personal suffering.