wandering around salvation and temptation

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1、WanderingAroundSalvationandTemptation　　【Abstract】Prufrockinthepoem“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”isasplitcharacterwithtimidityandhesitation，whowandersaroundsalvationandtemptation.Thispapertriestoanalyzehisparadoxicalpsychologywiththeanalysisofthepoem.　　【KeyWorld

2、s】Prufrock，salvation，temptation，psychology　　“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”isaveryfamouspoemwrittenbytheprominentAmericanwriterT.S.Eliot.ThispoemisadramaticmonologueofthemaincharacterJ.AlfredPrufrock.Usinghisowneyesandears，Prufrockdepictsapictureofthesociety，whi

3、chhasalreadybeencorruptedanddegraded.Fromhiswords，itcanbeseenveryclearlythatontheonehand，hewantstochangethesituationofthesociety，thatistosay，heintendstosavethedyingworld；ontheotherhand，heisalsotemptedbythosewomen，bysexuality.Whenhethinksoftheeroticsociety，heinte

4、ndstousehisvoicetowakepeople.However，hedeniesitverysoon，becauseheconsidersthosewomen，andhealsowantstoflowwiththemainstreamofsociety.Inthisway，Prufrockwandersandwandersaroundsalvationandtemptationwithoutmakingdecisions.Thispaperwillanalyzehisparadoxicalpsychology

5、indetails.　　TheopeningstanzaofthepoemisanepigraphfromDante’sInferno.ThisindicatesthatPrufrockfindsanideallistenerwhowillneverbetraytotheworldthecontentofhispresentconfessionanditalsoimpliesthesocietythattheyaregoingtovisitisjustlikethehell.Theword“etherized”desc

6、ribesthegeneralsituationoftheworld.Thefirstthingtheyseeandhearis“women”，whotemptPrufrock.Thenheusesseveralimagestodescribethesociety：“theyellowfog”，“theyellowsmoke”，“thepools”，“thesoot”，“terrace”and“asuddenleap”.Thesesexualimagesshowthatthewholesocietyisfilledby

7、thepeople’ssexualdesireandsexualactions.Thefogandsmokeislikeacatfiredbysexualdesire，which“lickeditstongueintothecornersoftheevening”.Inthenextstanza，Prufrocksays，“therewillbetime…”and“Timeforyouandtimeforme，/Andtimeyetforahundredindecision，/Andforahundredvisions

8、andrevisions”.Hehasalreadybeenverytiredofthephenomenonofthesociety，butuntilnowherefusestomakehisdecisiontosavetheworldbecausehethinks，“therewillbetime”.Hethinksofthet