A critical analysis of T.S. Elliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is about a man who is so insecure about his physical appearance that he chooses to live out the rest of his life as a single man alone rather than pursue his love interests. In the process of his decision he develops a split personality to help him deal with his dilemma. The …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…all will understand his situation. Prufrock’s fears and hypersensitivity to his physical appearance explain the reason for his shyness. His lack of confidence and his feelings of inferiority are present through out the poem. Prufrock’s views of himself cause him to retreat into a fantasy world of “mermaids singing” in which he is accepted and will so be accepted till the end of his days. Till human voices wake us, and we drown.