Prufrock

"No I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be."  In the poems we see all the difference between Hamlet and the poet.  Hamlet is the Prince while TS Eliot advises the Prince.  The poet is an attendant lord while Hamlet will never be degraded by his father and is a natural tragic hero.  Hamlet has a lot of strength by the end of the play and we don't see that with TS Eliot who talks like he is another sheep in the herd.  The poet is ok with taking the role of a peasant.  While hamlet wants to fight and be a leader in his society.  That is obviously later on, in the beginning we see the similarities between Hamlet and TS Eliott where they are both very hesitant and TS Elliot is very fragmented in his writing, illustrating his inability to make up his mind and his indecisiveness.  We see this in the beginning of Hamlet where Hamlet is always debating and couldn't make up his mind whether or not to kill his step father.  We also saw Hamlet's indecisiveness as he prepared to kill the king on multiple occasions but then aborted his mission.  Yet we see a major difference in the growth of the two characters, as we see that Hamlet has grown to face his indecisiveness and ultimately kills Claudius.  While TS Elliot is still confused and is still indecisive as he is going through his mid life crisis, TS Elliot does not fully accomplish anything or grow and we can see that to be a testament to their place in society and their future.