Transgression of Privacy in reference to T.S. Eliot’s The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Abstract

This research aims to shed light on the transgression of privacy in TS Eliot’s The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Through the works of Erving Goffman and Michel Foucault we see how constant surveillance shapes individuals; in this case Prufrock. We further draw from the ideas of Carl Jung and John Stuant Mill to analyse how judgement is internalised. We explore Prufrock’s anxieties and hesitation which stems from the transgression of private spaces ultimately revealing the cost of modern visibility.