1. Time plays a role that Prufrock keeps getting older as he attempts to accomplish his goals. He keeps pushing it off as time goes on. Instead of taking the opportunity he is given he continues to push it off.
2. He references Hamlet because he is saying that he cannot be Hamlet and cannot perform like him, with his courage and integrity. He considers himself an "attendant lord" instead of being anywhere like Hamlet.
3. "I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me."
Mermaids are usually a symbol of love and beauty so he is referring to the girl he is waiting for, waiting on to make his move but he is afraid that she will not come to him or see him in a way that he would like her to.
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