The Lady of Shalott - Professor David Hennessee PDF

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Lady of Shalott (1842 Version) Lord Tennyson Alfred Part I Sets the scene. It’s very tranquil and calm “Barley, rye, sky, the world goes by” “Willows whiten, aspens quiver, little breezes dusk and shiver” A little foreboding Then we introduce the lady of shallot “Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.” ● Flowers (feminine) are enclosed by rock hard walls (trapped by patriarchy) Barges, horses, business going down river going down river to Camelot But she’s out of that world, nobody realizes she exists The reapers hear her singing though, but think she's a fairy Part II She’s connected to her world in the prison by weaving Tennyson describes her as cursed She seems to feel okay about her situation though “Little other care hath she, the lady of shalott” She sees the highway, the river, village-churl, market girls, damsels, an abbot, shepard-lad, page, knights Move from young → sexually mature But “She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott” She sees both funerals and people getting married And when she sees to young lovers lately wed she says: “I am half-sick of the shadows” Part III Lancelot is totally different from her

“Branch of stars” bells ringing, helmet, etc. He’s energetic and passionate, dramatic change A little romanticized → his shield has a picture of a red cross with a man kneeling to a woman He sings and she’s “awakened” She looks at Camelot and the curse comes upon her “Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott.” Part IV She floats down the river to Camelot She dies though and when her body gets to Camelot, all Lancelot has to say is “She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott."”...