1. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”~ T.S.Eliot Allusion

2. 1. Epigraph 2. Michelangelo line 14, 36 3. Lazarus line 94 4. Prince Hamlet line 110 5. An attendant Lord line 112 6. Fool line 119 7. Head on a silver platter line 82 8. O Mermaids line 124 Task Research the following allusions from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” -determine… 1. What is the literal meaning of the allusion. What is the term or phrase referring to? 2. What is the purpose Eliot has in using this allusion?

3. MeaningPurpose 1. Epigraph --Dante’s Inferno, a condemned spirit in hell confesses his sins to Dante. 1. —There is to be a comparison drawn between Dante and Prufrock as well as between hell and Prufrock’s existence on earth now