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What similarities and differences are there between the way women are represented in La Belle Dame sans Merci and The Lady of Shallot?
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Jonathan Green March 2002 What similarities and differences are there between the way women are represented in La Belle Dame sans Merci and The Lady of Shallot? Both of these poems are about mysterious, yet very interesting and beautiful women, 'Full beautiful- a faery's child', this is the opening description of La Belle Dame, in The Lady of Shalott it describes her as a fairy, 'Tis the fairy'. There are many similarities between the two poems: Both of the poems are set in a medieval world with knights and other symbols of the old historical period, 'To many- tower'd Camelot', 'Four gray walls, four gray towers'. The Lady of Shalott is based in a tower overlooking the medieval town of Camelot. In La Belle Dame the poem involves a sad knight who is taken to a cave by the woman, 'O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms'. Both of these poems have been...
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