The values that were typical of Robert Louis Stevenson's age were the honor and morality of one's self and one's family. An individual must never do anything that would diminish reputation but strive to maintain it or better it. Individuals were to be characters of good moral standing. There was a firm belief in the upkeep of outward appearances of dignity and restrain. Individuals were also supposed to uphold the law above all else, except God. In the middle classes, the idea of self-made men and entrepreneurship was born and this fostered the "American Dream".
It can show what either the main character is feeling or it can show what all the characters are feeling.
<h3>The speaker is content with his accomplishments and his place in the world</h3>
That line belongs to T.S. Elliot’s longest poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” .
In this poem, the main character, Prufrock, is trying to gather the courage to ask a very important question to a woman. And he talks about how he has managed to adjust and adapt to the social standard of living of his circle. While he is debating asking or not the question, option that he ultimately declines, he wonders if by asking this question he would create an imbalance on the environment that he has adapted to.
