1. Prufrock thinks that there is plenty of time for him to do the important stuff, yet he doesn't know if he should. He pushes it off to the side because to him he has plenty of time. The poem goes back and forth from past to future and he ends up running out of time and the opportunity has passed.
2. The allusion to Hamlet is to show the similarities between the characters. At first Prufrock is similar to Hamlet because they are both indecisive. In the end he proves to be more like Polonius in the fact that even indecision is too decisive for him. All he does is follow orders and he is very superficial.
3. Lines 40-44
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-
[They will say: "How his hair is growing thing!"]
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!"
These lines display that Prufrock is superficial and cares about what everyone thinks about him. He is coward-like. He is indecisive and wants to blend in so people don't judge him.
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