Tennyson's Ulysses and The Lotos Eaters

Tennyson's "Ulysses" and "The Lotos Eaters", the great hero Odesseus, has captivated readers of many ages. There is no doubt that the Victorian poet Tennyson read not only "Odyssey" but also Odysseus's poetry. In "The Lotos Eaters" and "Ulysses", Tennyson is still faithful to the legend, but he injects his own spirit of the times and his own experience. "Lotos Eaters" reminds Homer's legend that Odysseus and his people passed through an island with wonderful fruits.

"Ulysses", as well as many other poems by Tennyson, includes a desire to transcend their own vision and secular details of everyday life. Ulysses is against the sailor of Roto Eaters, declaring that "we will not walk around" and hoping to relax only in Rotos field. By contrast, Ulysses is "enthusiastic about traveling" and he is enthusiastic about walking around the world (line 6). Like Charlotte, she is longing for a secular experience, she is rejected, Ulysses is keen to explore the undeveloped world

In Lotos Eaters and Choric Song, Tennyson draws a life without work. The seafarer is in a state like a dream there. Seamen cease to wander around the sea and decide to settle in a quiet and carefree world. In contrast, Ulysses hopes to continue exploring the world and keep craving for more adventures. Ulysses thinks that relaxation is a waste of time He can reassure his reputation is still intact as he often needs a new challenge. Tennyson offers "a fascinating and fascinating vision of a life without fatigue" at Lotos Eaters and Choric Song, but it says "When sailors truly surrender, they trust themselves to believe in an enchanting version of life Flower hypnotism and life in the apparent world "This is very effective, because everything seems to be" so "in the game, seafarers can reality through their dreamlike eyes I can not see it.

During the Golden Age of Protestant occupational ethics, Tennyson thought that the attitude shown in the citation of "Lotos Eaters" above is sinful in itself. I deviated from their right to return to the right pursuit of his kingdom of Ulysses. He saw the outcome of the industrial revolution and believed that these results tell the horrible time that many traditional industrial machines will replace human work. Luddites and their less violent co-theorists have proven wrong; since then the introduction of new technology saw the end of old technology and the need for new technology, but in general, Full employment is still at least a theory. possibility