“ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is an extra-ordinary dramatic monologue by T S Eliot, a pioneer of a new literary trend of early twentieth century. In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” through the character of “J. Alfred Prufrock”, a modern man, the poet portrays a modern man’s mental crisis of so called urban civilization. Actually, the age the poet was the age of growing so called civilization, but the human being’s mental condition was full of frustration. The First World War took place owing to unwise decision of some ambitious world leaders while the world was developing in different aspects. The war caused the death of millions of people and massive destruction of property. Moreover, it threw the modern people in desperation which reflected in their thought and feeling. So, a conscious man of that time T S Eliot shows us a modern man’s mental crisis and ugliness of an urban modern civilization through his poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”.
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