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3. The Love Song of J. by Alfred Prufrock is modernism because of his flow of thoughts throughout the poem. In the poem he says "And indeed there will be time To wonder, ``Do I dare? and, ``Do I dare? Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-- [They will say: ``How his hair is growing thin!] My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-- [They will say: ``But how his arms and legs are thin!] Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse." He is thinking of himself while with the women. Though he is thinking of what they might be thinking of him. When he talks about his balding spot. He is thinking of it and thinks the women are too. Yet he does not know what they are thinking at all. He is doubting himself without even knowing what they are thinking. It refers to modernism because he is using his thoughts and thinking what someone else might be thinking. His train of thought is going different places. -Shanice Allen

4. Existentialism is the belief of existence over essence. Creating yourself to be known, rather than just "being here". Existence is the state of living or having a objective reality. Essence means that human beings can be placed within a larger whole. It was that people and objects exist, but they do not have meaning. There are three steps towards existentialism. The first is fear off freedom. That we were thrown into a world that we do not control and did not choose. The second step is anxiety. We are faced with the responsibility of choosing human nature and values for our free choices. The last step is despair. To despair any external value or what determination and restrict ourselves to what is under our own control. Existentialism is making your own self.