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"The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, describes the life of a lady who lives alone in a tower and weaves a tapestry depicting life in the surrounding town. What might the Lady of Shalott represent?
A.
the solitary life of an artist
B.
the bored life of a housewife
C.
the gloomy life of a nun
D.
the difficult life of a servant

The Lady of Shalott
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (excerpt)

No time hath she to sport and play:
A charmed web she weaves alway.
A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day,
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be;
Therefore she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.

She lives with little joy or fear.
Over the water, running near,
The sheepbell tinkles in her ear.
Before her hangs a mirror clear,
Reflecting tower'd Camelot.
And as the mazy web she whirls,
She sees the surly village churls,
And the red cloaks of market girls
Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd lad,
Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad,
Goes by to tower'd Camelot:
And sometimes thro' the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two:
She hath no loyal knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights,
For often thro' the silent nights
A funeral, with plumes and lights
And music, came from Camelot:
Or when the moon was overhead
Came two young lovers lately wed;
`I am half sick of shadows,' said
The Lady of Shalott.

Answer 1

B. The bored life of a housewife

Answer 2

The answer is letter A. the solitary life of an artist.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is the understanding of most scholars that Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott" is about the conflict between life and art. Artists are solitary beings in the sense that they spend their days in their own minds, which is represented by the tower where the lady lives. They are often torn by the need to engage into a more social life, leaving the safety of their ideas. It's as if artists fear that, by paying close attention to the real world and its matters (politics, history, money etc.), they will lose touch with art, with magic. That much is represented by the curse in the poem. Thus, very much like the Lady of Shallot, artists stay away from life while at the same time concocting representations of life itself through their work. They may not live it the way other people do, but they paint it, sing of it, write about it - forever lonely and enchanted.