Alfred Lord Tennyson offers an oblique reflection on a number of major themes and subjects of the Victorian era in his poem "The Lady of Shalott". The most important theme that appears in the poem is the idea of ​​passion and love in a woman. The poem is simply about how women were suppressed of their feelings and everything else during the Victorian era. Tennyson's poem shows the commentary on the oppression of women by society in the Victorian era. Tennyson takes notice of the entrapment of women in society and makes it a literal entrapment in his poem. This essay will explain how passion, love, and the oppression of women is a major theme of the poem and what commentary it alludes to on the Victorian era. Essentially, the poem is about the theoretical and literal imprisonment of women. It also shows oppression from different angles. “Four gray walls and four gray towers, / Overlook a space of flowers, / And the silent island welcomes you, / The Lady of Shalott, (15-18). From the start, there is a feeling of confinement. The Lady of Shalott is imprisoned in her castle. This first part of the poem, however, is a view of his imprisonment from the outside world. There is no hint as to why she is imprisoned, but it is a mystery. “Listen, whisper: “It’s the fairy, Lady of Shalott” (35-36). Society viewed the Lady's imprisonment as something almost beautiful and mystical. So, what can we say about Victorian society? It is possible that Tennyson had the first part of his poem conjure up images of a mystical land and something beautiful, because that is how Victorian society viewed itself. They didn't realize the terrible ideas and standards that were set for women. However, in the second part, the perspective of entrapment is that of...... middle of paper......onment. The outside world of the poem is unaware of the form of the Lady's entrapment. They don't realize why she's trapped. In the Victorian era, it was society that restricted and restricted women from doing or feeling anything. The Lady of Shalott thinks she must be trapped because of the curse. Many women thought their trap was perfectly acceptable because society said so. The death of the Lady of Shalott is both a warning to women and a warning to society. Her death is tragic because she escapes but dies. It is also tragic because Lancelot only saw her as a pretty face, as an object. Many women were treated like objects and forced to suppress their passions, emotions and thoughts. Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" is certainly a poem about a woman's internal struggle with what she thinks she should feel and what she actually feels..