What are the best first steps when writing a literary analysis essay? Gather quotes from the literary text you plan to analyze, and then see what claim you can make them support.
Form an opinion about the value of the literary text and write emotionally compelling phrases to support your opinion.
Analyze the literary work, and write a few statements about it that explain how the work accomplishes its goals.
Research the author's life and then explain how many of the author's real experiences appear in the work itself.

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.