![]() ![]() But Part 2 of the poem opens suggesting that she, in fact, only has time for weaving. She is presented as having no life at all – no cares or worries – and so weaves steadily to pass the time. The Lady of Shalott really is in a bit of a pickle. How, then, is she depicted and what might her confinement signify?Ī charmed web she weaves alway. She dies as she floats down the river to Camelot in a small boat – a cold mark of her ill-fate. The reader does not know why she is subject to the curse, nor who cursed her – but when she catches a glimpse of Sir Lancelot flashing into her mirror’s eye, she turns and subjects herself to the curse. If she turns to look at Camelot herself, she dies. The Lady of Shalott: confined to her tower – a spell upon her head – forever to be looking out at Camelot’s reflection in a mirror. For the full poem of Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’ click here ![]()
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