Does Prufrock Die
Prufrock Even Metaphorically Dies at the End of the Poem, Corresponding to the Idea of Not Returning Alive from the Inferno; Prufrock’s Elaborate, Day-Dreamed...
Prufrock even metaphorically dies at the end of the poem, corresponding to the idea of not returning alive from The Inferno; Prufrock’s elaborate, day-dreamed world dies when someone interrupts him at the end of the poem and he drowns.
Is Prufrock dead?
The stanza ends, however, with “That is not what I meant at all; That is not it, at all”- Prufrock out-maneuvers himself once again. Unlike Lazarus, he won’t return with stories to tell. Leaving his mental universe does not mean coming back to life, it means dying; at the end of Prufrock he drowns.
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