Prufrock, J. Alfred

Prufrock, J. Alfred

aware that his life is meaningless and empty, he struggles to rise above it, but cannot. [Br. Lit.: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” in Payton, 548]See: Entrapment

Prufrock, J. Alfred

indecisive man, too shy and evasive to make a proposal. [Br. Poetry: T. S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”]See: Timidity