Module B:Prufrock (quotes)

Question 1

what is the topic of the first paragraph in prufrock

Answer 1

Alienation and individual’s fragmentation of an individual’s view of life due to society’s spiritual vacuity

Question 2

what is the 1st quote of paragraph 1 in prufrock

Answer 2

Prufrock’s sense of displacement in the universe, “Do I dare/Disturb the universe?” which is made emphatic by the line break.

Question 3

what is the explanation of the 1st quote in paragraph 1

Answer 3

highlight the paralysis from Prufrock’s insecurity about his inconsequentiality.

Question 4

what is the 2nd quote of paragraph 1 in prufrock

Answer 4

the bathetic, disjunctive images “Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter”,

Question 5

what is the explanation of the 2nd quote in paragraph 1

Answer 5

where the juxtaposition of the trivial baldness and the grave death highlights the tragic absurdity of the concerns that defines urban life.

Question 6

what is the 3rd quote of paragraph 1 in prufrock

Answer 6

With this Biblical allusion to John the Baptist and the following, “I am no prophet”,

Question 7

what is the explanation of the 3rd quote in paragraph 1

Answer 7

Eliot proposes the loss of religious conviction as the reason behind the desolation of his generation.

Question 8

What is the topic of 2nd paragraph in Prufrock

Answer 8

Detachment between individuals in the wider society as a result of this spiritual turmoil

Question 9

what is the 1st quote of paragraph 2 in prufrock

Answer 9

the frustrated exclamation “It is impossible to say what I mean

Question 10

what is the explanation of the 1st quote in paragraph 2

Answer 10

unveiling the isolation of his age, as a result of the fragmentation of his view of the world

Question 11

what is the 2nd quote of paragraph 2 in prufrock

Answer 11

With the dehumanisation in the cold scientific metaphor of “The eyes that fix you/And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin”.

Question 12

what is the explanation of the 2nd quote in paragraph 2

Answer 12

Prufrock’s alienated interactions expose a dissociation of the soul from the body

Question 13

what is the 3rd quote of paragraph 1 in prufrock

Answer 13

This loneliness and lack of communication: is symbolised in “I should have been a pair of ragged claws/Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.” and Eliot, through the disembodied image of the crab

Question 14

what is the explanation of the 3rd quote in paragraph 2

Answer 14

, emphasises the loss of humanity in a world devoid of meaningful social interaction.