“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, a poem by TS Eliot, in which Eliot describes a man who has been placed in the wrong time period. To do this he refers to some of Prufrock's characteristics of other authors, such as Shakespeare. Shymal Bagchee expresses his views on Eliot's modernist and absurdist views for the poem in his critical review titled "'Prufrock': An Absurdist View of the Poem". Prufrock doesn't express his emotions like a normal person would, connected to their emotions. feelings towards the opposite sex. He does not fit the characteristics of the imaginary men of his time. Prufrock is considered a non-hero. Many other reviews of this poem "ridicule the main character of the poem for his timidity and self-deception" (Bagchee 1). At first glance, Prufrock appears to be calm and lets the word pass, but “he is acutely aware of the callousness and callousness of his society” (1). Prufrock may not be able to convey his feelings to women, but he knows who he is; "NO! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor should I have been; / I am a servant..." (Lines 117-118). Here Prufrock compares himself to Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet. Hamlet was a tragic hero, but Prufrock would not go to die to save a world as reckless as his. However, they have the similarity of being undecided and contemplative about what they should do in their particular situations. One might think that "Prufrock's most urgent desire is to convey his feelings" (Bagchee 1). They might think this because Prufrock's love song is a song that is never sung or even expressed in poetry Prufrock's unheard of love song is more of a plea that he shouts as if to say that he wants to connect with women. , but there is some kind of obstacle... in the middle of the paper... rce of life, he takes the time to question himself and assess the damage. He is aware of his surroundings while his peers in the poem have no idea of the world around them. Prufrock's world is made up of the agony and desperation seen in the real world. Work cited Bagchee, Shyamal. "'Prufrock': An Absurd Vision of Poetry." English Studies in Canada 6.4 (Winter 1980): 430-443. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter and Deborah A. Schmitt. vol. 113. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. Literature Resource Center. Network. March 31, 2014.Eliot, TS “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” DISCUSSION OF LITERATURE AND WRITING. Ed. Missy James and Alan P. Merickel. 4th ed. United States: Longman/Pearson, 2011. 176-180. Print.Oxford Dictionary. Definitions of Prude and Frock. Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press, 2014. Web. 8 April. 2014.