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1. Modernism is our progression to new ideas and things. Modernism is our change to a new way of life. It is our ability to move on to a new way of thinking. We have changed our old way of life and have moved on to new life style, modern inventions, religion, and others. We have updated our way of life and it has made life a little easier and a less complicated. Newer inventions and new ways of building and creating have made life more enjoyable. Modernism is throwing away old ways of lives a creating space for newer ways. Modernism is creating new and modern things in life.

3. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot is a modernistic poem. One of the reasons why the poem is modernistic is because of Alfred Prufrock's struggles with relationships. In the poem, Alfred Prufrock struggles with women and can't seem to find a decent relationship. Women reject him and that affects his self-esteem and makes it even worse for him. He afraid to be rejected again and have his feelings hurt. This makes him feel alienated and alone. T.S. Eliot says in the poem "Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels". In the modern day, a lot of relationships are meaningless and very short, some of which last only a night. Also in modern times, a lot of men struggle in relationships because they don't have any self-esteem or confidence, are afraid of having their feelings hurt, or are afraid of being rejected.

4. Existentialism is the idea when one "believes that existence precedes essence"(Existentialism Notes). It means that living and way of life comes before fundamental nature and real meaning. Existence is living or having objective reality. Essence means to "be placed within a larger whole that provided the standard for human flourishing"(Existentialism Notes). Existentialism shows the lack of motivation to understand the meaning of life. Existence over essence means that people and objects exist but neither of them have no meaning. The only way for people to have meaning is through action. The main point and meaning of existentialism is that existence comes before essence.