The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson tells of a woman cut off from society and human interactions - the simplicities of life. A feminist reading can be applied to this poem, as Tennyson explores ideas of deprivation, passivity and male dominance through diction, symbolism and characterisation. Male dominance is a prominent ideas ... that The Lady is as isolated and deprived of as an island. "She hath no loyal knight and true, " (line 71). Tennyson now directly tells us of what the Lady is without. – a man – the most important figure in society and she is deprived ... Shallot " (li...

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• Grade Level: High School