T.S Eliot poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, is a somewhat interesting poem. The wording of it makes it slightly difficult to understand. I had to reread the poem to understand Eliot's point, and I still doubt if I am even correct. Due to its complexity, every reader may interpret the poem differently. I believe it is about a man who is curious about life, particularly about sexuality, but his conservative and traditional views causes him to question what is acceptable. The poem mentions "the room the women come and go", which leads me to think he is referring to prostitutes. He is clearly disgusted by the women, yet he still questions if he should get involved which he stated in the poem,"do I dare". After reading Eliot's biography, I can see much of him in this poem. Eliot was from an old New England family, and he advocated traditionalism. It puzzles me that such a conservative man often wrote about things as such as prostitution and and murder. Perhaps Eliot traditional stature was forced on him, being the son of an old England family. Maybe he was brought up to believe that women are to portray a certain role, and act accordingly. These kind of beliefs can be correlated to how society view women today.
Women today have more freedom than women in the early nineteenth century. I believe laws have made it to where women are suppose to be of equal status, and for the most part, has played a major role in improving equality for all women. However, there are expectations placed on how a woman is to look and act. Women who do not conform to these roles are frowned upon by society, as were the prostitutes in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
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