Prufrock Revisited

As society develops, we learn. Many times in history has romantic and good intentions of mankind been abused. Many attempts of heroic acts failed. We, humans, learn, and we are unwilling to fail again. People turn more cynical and pragmatic. Thus, we are becoming more spiritually empty. Prufrock, this nervous dude that is having problem when it comes to woman, is said to be spiritually empty. He is empty when he is incapable to going up to those ladies that he might hold affection towards. Say, he doesn't have guts, so he is empty. Get it, no guts, so its empty inside??? HAHAHAHA (ok, did I just laughed at my joke?...) Soon, girls like those flashy guys with a lot of that bling bling. At this point, heroes HAVE TO be rich (ex. Batman). The commonly known heroic acts no longer appease those capricious ladies.  Definitely, romance in modern life is more to the bling bling than to the pumping heart. Can't generalize all romance are like that, but there is this trend. Surely, Prufrock who failed to go into the room is seen as un-heroic and un-romantic. The self questioning is anti-hero. Such anti-romanticism is growing as modernism expands.