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Victorian, tennyson, ulysses
   1833-1901
   Booming economy, rapid
    growth
    ◦ Brutal factory conditions,
      filthy slums
   Despite negative aspects,
    great optimism
    ◦ Faith in making everything
      right with the world
    ◦ Attempts to expand
      democracy, help the poor
   Women
    ◦ Allowed to attend universities
    ◦ Workday reduced
   Children
    ◦ Free grammar schools
    ◦ Workday reduced
   Living/Working conditions
    ◦ Public sanitation
    ◦ Regulated factories and housing
   Business
    ◦ Repeal of Corn Laws (high taxes on grain)
    ◦ Free trade
   1809-1892
   Most popular poet
    of Victorian Era
   Influenced by
    Romantic poets



   “One of the finest looking men in the world. A
    great shock of rough dusty-dark hair; bright-
    laughing hazel eyes…of sallow-brown
    complexion, almost Indian-looking.”
                                  Thomas Carlyle
   4th of 12 children
   Educated by his father at a
    young age
   Bitter, angry father  unhappy
    home environment
   Cambridge University
    ◦ Bored, disappointed by classes
   Best friend, Arthur Henry
    Hallum, died at 22 (stroke)
    ◦ Devastated Tennyson, inspired work   Hallum
   Became incredibly
    popular in London
   1850  Queen Victoria
    appointed him poet
    laureate after
    Wordsworth died
   1884  made a baron,
    added “Lord” to name
    ◦ First English author to earn
      this title for his writing
   Speaker: the person who „says‟ the words of a
    poem; not necessarily the poet

   Speaker categories:
    ◦ Fictional or Real
    ◦ Generalized (not described in specific detail) or
      Specific (given a detailed identity)
   Tennyson shows different
    experiences of time:

    ◦ Perpetual present (nothing
      significant changes)

    ◦ Restless movement from
      past accomplishment into
      an unknown future

    ◦ Loss of the past
   Based on Homer‟s epic the Odyssey
   Story of Greek king (Ulysses) who fought in the
    Trojan War for 10 years then wandered the seas
    for 10 more
   Ulysses returns home to Ithaca and faces old age
   Restless- considers going on another journey
1.  Who is the speaker?
  ◦ (fictional/real, generalized/specific)
2. Lines 1-5, Ulysses says its pointless to do what?

3. L.11-12: What does Ulysses feel he is a symbol of?

4. L.19-21: (a) When is the only time the world‟s “margin
    fades” and (b) what does this mean?
5. L.30-32: What does Ulysses‟ “gray spirit” desire?

6. L.43: What does Ulysses mean by “he works his work, I
    mine”?
7. L.49: To whom is Ulysses speaking when he says “you
    and I are old”?
8. L.52-55: What does he believe may still be done before
    “the long day wanes”?
9. L.59-61: What is Ulysses‟ goal/purpose?

10. What is Ulysses‟ overall attitude towards life?

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Victorian, tennyson, ulysses

  • 2. 1833-1901  Booming economy, rapid growth ◦ Brutal factory conditions, filthy slums  Despite negative aspects, great optimism ◦ Faith in making everything right with the world ◦ Attempts to expand democracy, help the poor
  • 3. Women ◦ Allowed to attend universities ◦ Workday reduced  Children ◦ Free grammar schools ◦ Workday reduced  Living/Working conditions ◦ Public sanitation ◦ Regulated factories and housing  Business ◦ Repeal of Corn Laws (high taxes on grain) ◦ Free trade
  • 4. 1809-1892  Most popular poet of Victorian Era  Influenced by Romantic poets  “One of the finest looking men in the world. A great shock of rough dusty-dark hair; bright- laughing hazel eyes…of sallow-brown complexion, almost Indian-looking.”  Thomas Carlyle
  • 5. 4th of 12 children  Educated by his father at a young age  Bitter, angry father  unhappy home environment  Cambridge University ◦ Bored, disappointed by classes  Best friend, Arthur Henry Hallum, died at 22 (stroke) ◦ Devastated Tennyson, inspired work Hallum
  • 6. Became incredibly popular in London  1850  Queen Victoria appointed him poet laureate after Wordsworth died  1884  made a baron, added “Lord” to name ◦ First English author to earn this title for his writing
  • 7. Speaker: the person who „says‟ the words of a poem; not necessarily the poet  Speaker categories: ◦ Fictional or Real ◦ Generalized (not described in specific detail) or Specific (given a detailed identity)
  • 8. Tennyson shows different experiences of time: ◦ Perpetual present (nothing significant changes) ◦ Restless movement from past accomplishment into an unknown future ◦ Loss of the past
  • 9. Based on Homer‟s epic the Odyssey  Story of Greek king (Ulysses) who fought in the Trojan War for 10 years then wandered the seas for 10 more  Ulysses returns home to Ithaca and faces old age  Restless- considers going on another journey
  • 10. 1. Who is the speaker? ◦ (fictional/real, generalized/specific) 2. Lines 1-5, Ulysses says its pointless to do what? 3. L.11-12: What does Ulysses feel he is a symbol of? 4. L.19-21: (a) When is the only time the world‟s “margin fades” and (b) what does this mean? 5. L.30-32: What does Ulysses‟ “gray spirit” desire? 6. L.43: What does Ulysses mean by “he works his work, I mine”? 7. L.49: To whom is Ulysses speaking when he says “you and I are old”? 8. L.52-55: What does he believe may still be done before “the long day wanes”? 9. L.59-61: What is Ulysses‟ goal/purpose? 10. What is Ulysses‟ overall attitude towards life?