The Lady of Shalott

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Eros can be found throughout most of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem entitled "The Lady of Shalott." Eros, or its lack there of, becomes evident through the descriptions given in the beginning of the poem. The "Four gray walls and four gray towers" and the river in Part I as well as the gray magic web referred to in line two of the first stanza of Part II symbolically convey the Lady's dismal, lonely existence as she is cut off from the rest of the world. She gaz



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Approximate Word count = 311
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)

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