Question

Which identifies a central idea addressed by Tennyson's "The Lady of Shallot"?

Answer 1

Sacrifices are necessary to create great art.

Step-by-step explanation:

In "The Lady of Shalott," the Lady lives alone on the little island of Shalott. After the picture of Sir Lancelot shows up in her mirror, the Lady wrongly looks out the window at Camelot. Soon after, she dies.

Answer 2

Sacrifices are necessary to create great art.

In the lyrical poem "The Lady of Shallot," Tennyson describes a woman who is trapped in a tower under a curse. The curse is that she can never look outside the window, which means that her only interactions with the world are through a mirror. The lady spends all her time weaving images of the things that she sees in the mirror. One of the central ideas present in the poem is that sacrifices are necessary in order to create great art. This is the case of the lady and her art.