Answer the questions for “The Lady Of Shalott.” Submit to the Dropbox folder when you’re finished.
1. Discuss the significance of the following lines:
a) She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
b) And moving thro’ a mirror clear
That hangs before her all the year,
Shadows of the world appear.
c) “I am half sick of shadows,” said
The lady of Shalott.
2. Write a clear and concise theme statement with specific references to the text for this poem.
3. This poem is an allegory, a narrative with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning, What do the following represent:
a) Camelot
b) Lancelot
c) the web (the tapestry on which the Lady of Shalott works)
d) the mirror
e) the Lady’s death
4. In part 3 of this poem, the mood changes dramatically. identify specific lines, that illustrate this shift.
5. Identify 4 stylistic devices in this poem such as alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification, and rhyme.
6. How does the author ” show and not tell character” ? For example, how does setting help to develop the characterization of the Lady of Shalott? Select three characteristics about her character that we infer from stylistic devices or the elements of fiction.
Answer the questions for “The Lady Of Shalott.” Submit to the Dropbox folder whe
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