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I think Modernism is changing how something was originally done and making it into something that is new and not familiar. It happened in the classical times and enlightenment. Everyone was trying new things and the things that people used to do started fading away because everyone was trying and doing new things than they had before. People were beginning to use cars to get around instead of horse and carriages and women were starting to work where as before it was only men who went off to work and women stayed home and cooked and cleaned. Modernism helped to revolutionize the nation and helped to come up with new inventions and many other things. Modernism has been going on in our nation for centuries. It is how we have come up with new technologies and new vaccines among other things. It is how our country progresses in time and stays current with what is going on with the world. If we didn’t keep progressing then we would still have the same types of things that we once had in the past.=====

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The poem “ The Love of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a modernist poem because it talks about being alienated from society. “To wonder, `Do I dare?'' and, ``Do I dare”(Elliot 2). This guy feels like he doesn’t matter in society. He feels like nothing he says is important and that women don’t think he is attractive. Even though none of the women have said he isn’t attractive he still feels like he isn’t good enough looking for women. He doesn’t feel like talking in big crowds or to women because he doesn’t feel adequate to all of them. This is like Modernism because it has a character that feels like an outcast and is alienated from society. They feel like they don’t fit into a society, which is how the character in this poem is. His self-esteem is low so he doenst feel attractive or interesting enough to talk to people.=====

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==== Existentialism is a philosophy about how an individual thinks about themselves instead of society. “A group of attitudes that emphasizes existence over essence; Inward over outward” ( Shingler 1). This means that the individual should focus on what they think about themselves and not how society characterizes them. Like wearing what they want to wear and not the latest fashion trends or what is “ in style” at the time. They should do whatever makes them happy without worrying about if society will judge them based on it or not. If the person focuses on how they feel instead of society does then that person would be a lot happier with themselves. It would also make their self-esteem a lot higher because they would feel really good about themselves despite what other people say. ==== -Nicole Mazzola