Think of Virgil leading Dante.
P.
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From: "Rickard A. Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Prufrock question


> Tom Colket wrote:
> > In Eliot's "Prufrock" there are numerous places where the narrator
> > addresses or refers to another person, a "you" or a "we".  My question
> > is: Is the narrator referring to one specific person (i.e., the same
> > person) in all these lines, or is more than one single individual
> > being referenced?
> 
> Just to mess with your mind a bit - what if each of the you's are plural?
> 
> "Let us go then, you and I . . . Let us [three] go and make our visit."
> 
> For a serious answer I'll have to get myself into a serious mood.
> 
> Regards,
>     Rick Parker