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Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
What is the most likely reason for the women to be speaking of Michelangelo?
They want to make eavesdroppers curious.
They want to be perceived as cultured.
They are planning a trip to Italy.
They do not want to talk to the men.
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They want to be perceived as cultured.
Explanation: In the poem the women’s talk of Michelangelo signals social pretension and fashionable small talk—an emphasis on high culture that heightens Prufrock’s sense of inadequacy and alienation.
Explanation: In the poem the women’s talk of Michelangelo signals social pretension and fashionable small talk—an emphasis on high culture that heightens Prufrock’s sense of inadequacy and alienation.
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