Prufrock: Who is the "you"? by Gruber https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx Theory (Thesis) + Evidence en-us 2021-03-09 15:39:54 UTC 2021-03-09 16:24:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Theory/Thesis: The "you" is a prostitute. agruber1 https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288320611 Evidence: 
"One night cheap hotels" 
"In the room the women come and go" 
-- The pervy way the speaker views women ("arms that are naked and bare") ]]> 2021-03-09 16:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288320611 Theory/Thesis: The "you" is a deceased loved one. https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288341756 Evidence:
-constant references to death/getting older
"And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker" 
"I grow old ... I grow old"
-Prufrock seems alone 
"Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me" (seems like the "you" is not currently there)
-Would give the writer closure, talking like the loved one is still with you is common]]> 2021-03-09 16:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288341756 Theory/Thesis: The “you” is his past self. https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288343564 Evidence:

]]> 2021-03-09 16:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288343564 Theory/thesis: "You" is himself, in the present https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288351224 -The speaker is an almost all-knowing narrator who knows exactly how the world goes on
"They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”"
"They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”"


]]> 2021-03-09 16:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288351224 Theory/Thesis: The "you" is the reader. https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288351256 Evidence:
- Prufrock takes the reader through the places he takes the "you" by using imagery
- "Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells"]]> 2021-03-09 16:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288351256 Theory/Thesis: The "you" is a loved one from the past https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288354333 Evidence:
-nostalgic tone
-hinting at the passing of time and growing older]]> 2021-03-09 16:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288354333 theory/thesis: the "You" is a former loved one https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288359285 Evidence:
-seems nervous about seeing this person
"To lead you to an overwhelming question ..."
"To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”"
-worries about his appearance, as if the "you" has not seen him in a long time
"(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)"
-]]> 2021-03-09 16:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288359285 Theory/Thesis: the you is someone he used to love but is now losing feelings for/ a toxic relationship. https://padlet.com/agruber1/9qfu62kzclwpmbx/wish/1288394627 The you is someone he used to love but is now losing feelings for/ a toxic relationship. He seems to have conflicting feelings about her yet some of the sentences make it seem like he is working on the relationship and justifying to himself that it is worth saving. 
-“Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions”
-“Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile”


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