In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", the main character constantly compares himself with the rather unstable Prince of Denmark, Hamlet. In the Shakespearian tragedy, Hamlet is a highly dissatisfied character who hesitates after every decision he makes, and re - evaluates it. Prufrock dismisses the importance of Hamlet by stating in the poem "No! I am not Prince Hamlet", but just like the danish prince he lives in continuos self-deprecation, divulging that he is not and important character. But, Prufrock does resemble the danish Prince, as a matter of fact the greatest flaw of both Hamlet and Prufrock is their failure to convey an action. Both characters spend their entire existence in the play/poem, re-analyzing every decision without actually achieving much. Prufrock is constantly disregarding his own importance and sees himself as insignificant, seeing himself as very small in a very large universe.
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