According to them, poem such as "The Lady of Shalott" portray "socially alienated and hostile artist figures" in conflict with the moral demands of society (Simpson, "Elaine the Unfair" 343). ... Alaya, for example, argues how "The Lady of Shalott" constitutes the ultimate "expression of the unresolved dialectic assumed to be characteristic of the early Tennyson, artistic detachment vs. social responsibility" (274). Being one of Tennyson's most famous works, "The Lady of Shalott" is a depiction of an isolated, artist-like figure ...

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