Question

Read the following excerpt from T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock":
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
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:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
What is one purpose of the symbolism used in this passage?

A. To portray an urban setting as a place of loneliness and isolation

B. To draw a connection between the speaker and the reader

C. To make an oyster seem like a peer to the speaker

D. To link two unlike concepts an etherized patient and a table​

Answer 1

Option C is correct.

Explanation:

• In the given stanza, the poet talks about being etherized on a table that is likely a hospital table.
• The symbolism is because the clouds are white and the etherization is a medical condition.
• The meaning of etherizing is to keep something under the influence and in this stanza, they are under the influence of lonesomeness, as they are confined in the hospital.  

Answer 2

Answer: A :To portray an urban setting as a place of loneliness and isolation

Explanation: