one of the few poets to have produced acknowledged masterpieces in so many different poetic genres; he implemented perhaps the most distinguished and versatile of all the written works in the English language. The first time I read "The Lotus-Eaters"1‚ I have to admit that I had a hearty dislike for it. Having read The Odyssey in Literature class last year‚ this seemed like its replica. It occurred to me that Tennyson was plagiarizing Homer. But when I reread the poem with greater depth
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Mythic Structure in Somerset Maugham’s “The Lotus Eater” The word ‘myth’ is derived from the Greek word ‘mythos’‚ which means a traditional tale common to the member of a tribe‚ race or nation. It usually involves the supernatural elements to explain some natural phenomenon in boldly imaginative terms. Today myth has become one of the most prominent terms in contemporary literature analysis. It was Northrop Frye‚ one of the most influential myth critics (others including Robert Graves‚ Francis
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crew face many trials and tribulations that isolate and ameliorate them to teach the reader that the consequences of temptation must be conquered with absolute perseverance. When Odysseus and his crew arrive on the island of the Lotus-eaters‚ every man eats the Lotus fruit and is tempted to remain exiled on the isle in a deep sleep forever; it is only that after Odysseus removes his crew that they are able to continue on their journey. By being on an uncharted region of the earth‚ Odysseus felt
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The Lotus Eaters Death was forecasted as we propelled through the storm that awakened at our wrongdoings. “The bows went plunging at the breeze‚ sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind.” (p. 1048) Even the simple thought of one surviving through the maelstrom was inconceivable. Nine days we “drifted on the teeming sea before dangerous high winds.” (p. 1048) On the tenth day‚ we “came to the coastline”. After driven by a storm through rough seas‚ we discover the land of the Lotus Eaters
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Lotus-Eaters. This episode takes place in Lotus-Eaters Island. At the start Odysseus and his crew were lost at sea sailing animously for nine days and nine nights until they arrived and lotus eaters island. There they took rest and food. Odysseus sent three men to search for the natives of this island. The three men to look for the natives. When the three men found the natives the natives had no desire to attack but instead offered them a lotus to eat‚ the three men confused took their offer. The
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The poem ‘’The Lotus-Eaters’’ (NA II‚ 1119) by Alfred Tennyson is based on a short episode from the Greek myth Odyssey in which Odysseus and his marines get to the island of the Lotus-eaters. The Lotus-eaters get their name from eating Lotus plants with a drug effect. Although the war veterans desire to go home‚ they get seduced to stay on the island because of the influence the Lotus plants have on them. Through the usage of Sound imagery‚ metrical (ir)regularity and (no) rhyme the poet shows us
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Q: Sketch the character of Thomas Wilson. Is the name ‘lotos-eater’ appropriate to him? Ans. William Somerset Maugham’s compelling short story ‘The Lotus Eater’ paints his curious meeting with Thomas Wilson‚ the pivotal character of the story. A retired English bank manager‚ Wilson‚ who made the Italian island Capri his own abode‚ had a good deal of rumour going about him. No believer of all the tittle-tattle that went about him on the island and elsewhere‚ the author met him personally
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The Lotus Eaters We won the Trojan war! Thanks to Odysseus and his heroic intelligence we tricked those Trojan’s right into letting us in their kingdom and by now we were already sailing home to share the wonderful news. I was so thankful to have survived the war and couldn’t wait to be back home with my family again. I wanted to share all my stories and tell them how the great Odysseus won the Trojan war with a huge wooden horse. It was our third day straight of rowing. My body was shot. I
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It could be suggested that the poem‚ The Lotos Eaters and Choric Song‚ is in support for the use of drugs‚ due to the way that the mariners and the island are described. Tennyson uses rich‚ beautiful descriptions of the surroundings of the lotos eaters‚ such as ‘gleaming river’‚ ‘slow-dropping veils’ and ‘sunset flushed’. This imagery in reference to the beauty of the island allows us to feel drawn to it in the same way the mariners are. There is a sense of quiet contentment with ‘warm breezes’
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The ’Lotus’ is scientifically known as ’Nelumbo Nucifera’. It is the national flower of India. It is a sacred flower and occupies a unique position in the art and mythology of ancient India and has been an auspicious symbol of Indian culture since time immemorial. Lotus flower is found only in two colours that are pink and white. The flower grows in murky waters and rises on a long stalk above the surface to bloom glorious. It is a beautiful flower which symbolises divinity‚ fertility‚ wealth
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