Question

Read the following excerpt from “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and answer the question. For I have known them all already, known them all; Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Which theme is implied by the word choice in this excerpt? Select all that apply.
the tediousness of life
the inevitability of death
the influence of wealth and luxury
the narrator’s quest for knowledge

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. This excerpt illustrates the tediousness of life.

In this passage, Prufrock is basically saying that for him every day is the same. Because every day is the same, he has "known them all already." He says he knows the "evenings, mornings, afternoons" because each one is the same as the one that came before. Because every day is the same, and because nothing exciting ever happens to him, his life is montonous and boring.

Therefore, this passage illustrates the tediousness of life.

Answer 2

Answer:

The theme that is implied by the word choice in this excerpt is the tediousness of life.

Explanation:

This excerpt from “The Love Song" by J. Alfred Prufrock describes how the narrator has an extremely routinary kind of life, everything is repetitive and unchanging, there the use of the expression "I have known them all", and "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" that also shows the control that the narrator has over his own life.