Question

Which of the following lines from “The Lady of Shalott” is the best evidence to support the poet’s message that the Lady is doomed? a. “She knows not what the curse may be,” b. “She hath no loyal knight and true,” c. “She left the web, she left the loom” d. “There she weaves by night and day”

Answer 1

"She left the web, she left the loom" provides the best evidence to support the poet's message that the Lady is doomed. We know this because in a previous stanza it states " so she weaveth steadily." This means that she is constantly weaving. If she has left the loom, it means that she is no longer doing what she was. It is almost as if weaving is what kept her alive because of the curse.