COMPARISON BETWEEN LOTUS EATERS AND ULYSSES
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WELCOME TO MYPRESENTATION
NISHIR ROZARIOID:1412338
COMPARISON BETWEEN“ULYSSES” AND “THE LOTOS
EATERS”
INTRODUCTION
ULYSSES WAS WRITTEN SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF ARTHUR HALLAM. IT CHANGED POET’S OWN PASSION INTO THE VICTORIAN PASSION FOR KNOWLEDGE AND ADVENTURES.
THE LOTOS EATERS
IT IS A POEM OF THE STORY OF ODYSSEYS. THE GREAT HERO’S
MARINERS ATTEMPT TO JOURNEY BACK FROM TROY TO THEIR IN
ITHACA. THEY EAT LOTOS FLOWER AND LOSE ALL DESIRE TO RETURN. TENNYSON POWERFULLY EVOKES
THEM , YEARNING TO SETTLE INTO A LIFE .
SIMILIARITY
OFTEN THROUGH THE USE OF FAMILIAR CLASSICAL FIGURES.
TWO POEMS PAY SPCEIAL ATTENTION TO THE VICTORIAN
WORLD
THE LOTOS EATERS
THE LOTOS EATERS AND ULYSSES USE THE ANCIENT VOICES AND CHOICES OF ULYSSES AND HIS
MEN TO EXPLORE COMMITMENT TO DEALS AND
DUTY, INEVITABILITY AND STASIS, DEATH WISHES
AND DUALISM.TWO POEMS TALK ABOUT
LEAVING ITHACA AND SEEK OUT NEW WORLD
BOTH POEMS ARE ABOUT TROY WAR.
THE POEMS ARE SET WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF HOMER’S WORK
ODYSSEY.
CONTRASTING
ULYSSES LOOKS AT LIVING AS A GRAND ADVENTURE.
IN CONTRAST, THE LOTOS EATERS DIPICTS FINDING SOLACE IN A MIND NUMBING DRUG AND SETTING ON A
BEACH DOING NOTHING.
ULYSSES EXPRESSE THE FEELING OF REALISM
OLD AGE LONGING FOR THE SEA AND GOOD
OLD DAYS. IN CONTRAST, THE LOTOS EATERS CREATES CALM
AND BEWITCHING ATMOSPHERE TO
ACCENTUATE THE MIND NUMBING EFFECT OF THE LOTOS PLANTS.
“ULYSSES” IS TO CREATE A SENSE
OF MELANCHOLY AND LONGING FOR THE ACTIVITY, ADVENTURE,
COMRADESHIP THAT GIVES MEANING TO LIFE.
IN CONTRAST, “THE LOTOS EATERS “CONTAINS TO LIVE
LETHARGICALLY AND PASSIVELY IS NO LIFE AT ALL.
THOUGH THESE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
POEMS TENNYSON ENCOURAGES THE READER TO LIVE ACTIVELY, AND STUDING THEM
TOGETHER ENABLES THE MEANING OF EACH POEM TO BE
BETTER UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH
FOR BEING WITH
ME