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gianina89
gianina89
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High School - 12th Grade

What is important about these lines
Came two young lovers lately wed:
"I am half sick of shadows," said

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Posted by gianina89 on Wednesday December 17, 2008 at 3:09 PM and tagged with importance, meaning, quote, the lady of shalott.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    High School - 10th Grade

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    The Lady of Shalott is a prisoner in a tower. She cannot look directly out the window at the world around her, she must view it through a mirror, only seeing a reflection, and hearing the sounds of life that she cannot share.

    "Or when the moon was overhead,
    Came two young lovers lately wed;
    "I am half sick of shadows," said
    The Lady of Shalott." (Tennyson)

    The Lady of Shalott is tired of being locked in the tower. She wants to share life and love, when she hers the lovers from her window, she longs to leave her tower.

    The Lady of Shalott wants to leave the tower desperately, but she is bound by a curse. If she leaves the tower, she will die.

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Wednesday December 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM