T S Elliot s The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock
... In the poem “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S Elliot, Prufrock’s fears that his existence is meaningless, and will endure eternal loneliness which is portrayed by his characterization. Prufrock is concerned with becoming insignificant. ... Prufrock portrays the need to feel significant in order to attract or attain the opposite sex. Prufrock views himself as a lonely and easily intimidated character. ... ”(The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S Elliot). When Prufrock smells the perfume from the ladies dress, he feels he is not worthy to be in a world with elegant perfumed ladies, this is why he digresses. It is this feeling of inferiority that scares Prufrock from any action, and makes him feel lonely. Another instance when Prufrock shows himself as a lonely insignificant man is the phrase “I should have been a pair of ragged claws / Scuttling across the floors of silent seas”(Prufrock). ... ” The farthest possible distance from humanity, where everything is silent, and Prufrock can’t be heard. With reference to the ragged claws, Prufrock feels he isn’t deserving of being an entire being, simply the pair of insignificant claws killing time in their meaningless existence.