Universal Contextual
In A Little Princess, Frances
Hodgson Burnett uses hot buns
as a symbol for the connection
between the main character and
a poor street child
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
uses a mockingbird as a symbol
for innocence.
In "The Water of Life," the Brothers
Grimm use water as a symbol
for life.
In "The Nightingale and the Rose,
Oscar Wilde uses a red rose
as a symbol for love.

How does the poem "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson convey the position of victorian women? a curse is on her if she stay to look down to camelot. she knows not what the curse may be, and so she weaveth steadily, and little other care hath she, the lady of shalott. and moving thro' a mirror clear that hangs before her all the year, shadows of the world appear. there she sees the highway near winding down to camelot: there the river eddy whirls, and there the surly village churls, and the red cloaks of market girls, pass onward from shalott. a. most victorian women were restricted to their homes. b. victorian women were confined to domestic duties. c. most victorian women worked hard but were often bored. d. victorian women employed themselves by weaving.