Prufrock...again

 The “Prufrock” poem as a modernist work is further shown in the poem through the idea of conscious and awareness. As we discussed in class, the idea of the dual self is shown in the poem. As a poem directed towards self and not others shows that Eliot has reached a certain type of self awareness that Reed discusses in his article. This aspect of awareness does however bring about the idea that modernism is a selfish type of concept. Also, the concept of unification that comes from a joining of Prufrock and Eliot reflects what seems to be, in my opinion, a union of literary movements. Honestly, I think there is something that lacks in concretely defining modernism. Eliot’s poem seems to continue doing this by changing the basis of the poem, and contradicting himself. Even by the end of the poem, it is unclear who the speaker is speaking too and who is trying to bring with him. The uncertainty of the concept is similar to the uncertainty of modernism. I feel like this poem almost embodies what I’m learning that modernism is.  
 I think the progression of the poem is very similar to the uncertainty associated with modernism. The descriptions of confusion and sense of being lost are all easily associated with modernism as a concept where women are lost and literarily, it’s easy to get lost in the movement.  
 In Reed’s article, he also mentions the ‘anti-domesticity’ of modernism. I think this is interesting because in his poem, Eliot never reverts to associating the woman with domesticity. Instead, he gives a certain power that was not afforded women in literary periods prior. This furthers the idea of the poem as truly being a model for modernism.