How Does Alfred Lord Tennyson Describe The Lady's Weave

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When Alfred Lord Tennyson the author of The Lady of Shalott begins to describe the Lady of Shalott thoroughly, he gives an insightful description on the actions and surrounding of the lady. Although Tennyson seems to describe the lady’s weave, the description contained a distinct significance. Tennyson includes allegory within his writing to reveal the hidden curse behind the weave. The Lady of Shalott can only see into Camelot through a reflection of a mirror. Through her weave the Lady of Shalott demonstrates what she sees through the mirror in her two dimensional world.“There she weave by night and day a magic web with colours gay.” (line 37-38). To her adversity the Lady of Shalott can not live a life to herself and rather records the sight