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
To lead you to an overwhelming question.…
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.
What are the characteristics of the protagonist in the poem?
【正确答案】：
PRUFROCK, THE PROTAGONIST OF THE POEM, IS NEUROTIC, SELF-IMPORTANT, ILLOGICAL AND INCAPABLE OF ACTION. HE IS A KIND OF TRAGIC FIGURE CAUGHT IN A SENSE OF DEFEATED IDEALISM AND TORTURED BY UNSATISFIED DESIRES.
【题目解析】：普鲁弗洛克是这首诗的主人公，他神经质，妄自尊大，不合逻辑，缺乏行动的能力。他是一种悲剧人物，被一种失败的理想主义所困，被不满足的欲望所折磨。