In what way is the theme in this except from “the lady of shalott” by alfred, lord tennyson similar to the theme of the poem “ulysses”?
down she came and found a boat
beneath a willow left afloat,
and round about the prow she wrote
the lady of shalott.
and down the river’s dim expanse
like some bold seer in a trance,
seeing all his own mischance—
with a glassy countenance
did she look to camelot
and at the closing of the day
she loosed the chain, and down she lay;
the broad stream bore her far away,
the lady of shalott.
a. both poems explore the idea of pursuing new experiences.
b. both poems reflect on issues of isolation from society.
c. both poems use images of water and boats to represent the unknown
d. both poems warn against the dangers of embarking on a new journey.

If you were starving, what would you do for food? "condensed milk" tells the story of a political prisoner in a russian gulag (a forced-labor camp) who is faced with a choice: stay in the gulag—working and starving—or escape from the prison and risk dying. what choice would you make? historical context: from 1929 to 1953, joseph stalin was the dictator of the soviet union. his goal was to transform the soviet union from a poor society into a world superpower. he used terror and violence to rule, and under his reign, millions of his own people died in work camps, from starvation due to famine, or by execution. select a detail to support the idea that russian gulags treated prisoners cruelly. prisoners faced choices. prisoners had to work. prisoners tried to escape. prisoners were starving.

The owners reputations are in jeopardy.

Hamlet act 1 what task does king claudius give to cornelius and voltemand?