Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Reflection of the Lady of Shalott
The first time I read this poem, I had no idea what happens and did not see any point about the the curse, but amazed at the picture of the Lady Shalott seating loosely on the boat. She was beautiful I thought, not until I took a closely look at her face. Her face looks horrible, and I guessed she cannot be the one she loves. After understanding the story more, another sad story. Why doesn't the knight Lancelot just go to Lady Shalott if he thought she has a lovely looking.... Lady Shalott is hopeless either way. It is probably better for her to break the rule of curse and goes down to the river than waving for her whole life. In modern life, she can be a sick girl who has to stay in a hospital, the tower, all day and, because of sickness, can not move her body far enough to look outside the window. The only thing she can have to access the outside world is the TV infront of her, which resembles the mirror in the poem. The poem is melancholy. Honestly, I really dislike the last three lines of the poem where the knight said "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.” If I were Lady Shalott, I would think "Of course, God loves me, but I won't forgive you, Mr. Lancelot!"
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