Attached to this entry is an essay writen for my english 102 class on T.S. Elliots poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". The poem is dificult to analyze, but if you would like to read it, follow this link http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/781.html. The quotations in the essay are taken from the poem. I am presenting this in order to spawn a discourse on what I see as a general crises of identity (verying in degree from one society to the next) suffered by the vast majority of the human race, and resulting in an array of problems for indivuals and the societies they live in ranging from debilitating anxiety, to violent conflict and repression, to epidemics of suicide, mental illness . . . etc. Keep in mind that the purpose of the attached essay was to fullfill an assignment and not to exaust the subject. This is mearly an intro to a vast new way of thinking (for most people) in celebration of our current psychological revolution, and I am looking forward to discussing it further with anyone who cares to respond.
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That poem is great. I like your essay a lot. I wrote one about "The Waste Land." It took a lot of time.
Maggie
thanks maggie. i haven't read wasteland yet, though i've heard it's a pretty tough read. "prufrock" will definataly grow on you the more you read it. of course it helps to read what the literary scholars have written about it, ond also, the notes following the poem.