The Lady of Shalott and Industrialized Misery Essay -- Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott and Industrialized failure   Alfred Lord Tennyson, one of the mid-Victorians most celebrated poets of the time, was genius in articulately presenting the anxieties and aspirations of his era (Longman  p. 1909).  Trademarks of Victorian life included questioning faith, the Bible, the past, and the self.  More and more(prenominal) people were interested in the industry of man rather than the singularity of nature, and circulate of society proved that man was made to dominate and channel everything for himself.  Tennyson greatly recognized this trend as he called attention to the change misery and revolutionary anger of the poor (Longman p. 1909-08) produced by the industrial progress in the mid-1800s.    He noticed that as people delved into improving society, they at the same time lost their sense of humanity and innocence as they sped up industry and the making of material wealth for the well to-do.  This pass of innocence is echoed in Tennysons Arthurian lyrical poem The Lady of Shalott (Longman pp. 1913-1918). ...