Friday, October 19, 2012

The Lady of Shalott (Phelps): Where did this come from?

*Blog Catch-up*
            This twisted tale from the mind of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps seems to have nothing to do with the original tale that took place in the kingdom of Arthur, but really it is just a more modern take on the tale. Some of the characters represent a character from the original tale: The Lady of Shalott is, obviously, the Lady of Shalott, the doctor is Lancelot, but I don’t really understand who Sary Jane represents from the original tale. And though Lancelot is represented by the doctor, why is that so? Lancelot never tried to really help the Lady of Shalott in the original tale like the doctor did, all he did at the end was comment on her beauty in death.

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