Question

What is one way to interpret what the Lady of Shallot represents in the poem?

A.
The protected and powerful lives that noble women led in the Victorian age.
B.
The loneliness experienced by women living in the Victorian age.
C.
The circumscribed life that women had to live in the Victorian age.
D.
The difficulty women in the Victorian faced when trying to pursue an education.`

Answer 1

The correct answer is option C. The circumscribed life that women had to live in the Victorian age.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this poem we can see how the life of a woman of the Victorian era is circumscribed, that is, limited, confined.

She was locked in her tower and was not even allowed to look out the window, because if she did a curse would fall on her. Her life was limited within that tower in which she could only weave the landscapes that she observed through her mirror.

Finally, the Lady of Shallot ends up dying on the way to Camelot.

Given this information we can say that the correct answer is option C.