Argumentative Essay Prufrock & Gatsby

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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot, Jay Gatsby and J. Alfred Prufrock have extremely similar personalities. Gatsby and Prufrock, both awestruck in love, can be seen as differing in many other ways. In the latter, the two differ in simple factors, such as age. Prufrock appears to be much older than Gatsby, described to have a bald spot and pale skin. These simple features of the twos’ differences are not personality traits, thus may not be associated with them being ‘truly’ different. Gatsby and Prufrock appear to both be nervously shy, this brings a similarity between the two. “Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes,” (Fitzgerald 86). “To wonder, ‘Do I dare?’ and, ‘Do I dare?’” (Eliot 38). Both of the men are clearly nervous, especially when it comes to their lovers. For Gatsby and Daisy, his love for her appears to be indescribable, as their love was so profound for each other, they didn’t need to speak. “Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space,” (Fitzgerald 119). In agreement with Gatsby, Prufrock was also so in love, he questioned the true essence behind it. “And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,” (Eliot
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