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___ is a notable literary work by ___. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, and various study materials of ___.
Summary
The summary is written point-based so that you can understand it easily.
Oenone is a famous genius poem by Alfred Tennyson. In this poem, he narrates some events in the life of the Greek mythological character Oenone and her lover Paris. Alfred Tennyson visited the Pyrenees Mountains during his trip to Spain and this event he expressed through Dramatic Monologue. This poem is considered the simplest of Alfred Tennyson’s Dramatic Monologues.
The natural beauty of Oenone: At the beginning of the poem, the natural beauty of Oenone, the daughter of the river goddess, is highlighted. Oenone’s mind is plagued with pain. Her eyes were full of tears. Her heart was full of love but it was broken. She sits alone in the valley of Ida and expresses her grief so that even for a moment She can forget the pains in her heart. Paris (lover of Oenone) used to live in these mountains. He appeared before Oenone dressed in a robe of tiger skin. Her hair was swinging down to her neck. Oenone fell in love with him the first time she saw him. Then Oenone forgot all her sorrows and loved only Paris. They used to hug each other. They were having a good time. But one day, their lives suddenly suffered. And this incident Oenone is very sad to hear about her mother.
Dramatic monologue: This poem is a dramatic monologue. Dramatic monologue is a form of poetry in which a speaker narrates his life story to one or more silent listeners who do not speak. Oenone is the speaker of this poem. Oenone reveals the sad story of Oenone’s love affair with Paris. She exposes how their relationship was destroyed and how Paris left Oenone for another girl before a silent audience.
The Story of the Golden Apple “Golden Apple of Discord”: The poet then refers to the story of the golden apple from Greek mythology. All the Olympian gods are invited to the wedding ceremony of Paleus and Thetis. But Eris was not invited to this wedding ceremony. Eris is called the God of Chaos and the god of noise. She creates an uproar about why she is not invited to this wedding ceremony. Eris sees that all the gods and goddesses are brought down to this wedding ceremony and everyone is present but she is not told. She is very upset and she wants to create a ruckus in this wedding ceremony. Because of this she leaves a twist between the three goddesses and says who is the most beautiful among the three. This event is known as the “Golden Apple of Discord” in Greek mythology.
After Eris arrives at the wedding ceremony, she shows everyone a golden apple with the inscription “The fairest One”. Eris holds the torch three times and three times invokes the names of three separate goddesses: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Now there is confusion between the three of them as to who is really the most beautiful. And thus began a system of chaos between them. One says I am more beautiful and another says I am more beautiful. Finally, They decide they will go to Zeus to get a solution. Then, The three of them went to Zeus and told the story. Zeus says he can’t make any decision on this matter. Only a human being can give a solution to this issue. Because of this Zeus speaks of Paris. Zeus tells his messenger Hermes to bring Paris. Paris was having a sweet time with her lover at Mount Ida at that time. Hermes brought Paris from there as a judge. Zeus says that they all have to accept the decision that Paris will make, i.e. Paris will select who is the most beautiful.
Hera’s offer for Paris: Hera is the Queen of Heaven and the wife and sister of Zeus. She is the goddess of power. She offered to make Paris king of Europe and Asia if Paris chose her.
Athena’s offer for Paris: Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, and war. She offers to Paris, that if Paris chooses her, She will raise Paris to be the strongest warrior in the world and give him some knowledge by which Paris will never lose a battle.
Aphrodite’s offering to Paris: Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. She offers Paris the most beautiful girl in the world if Paris chooses her.
Paris is very confused as a judge. After much thought, he chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful. Hearing this decision Paris, her lover Oenone was very distressed and thought she would die. According to the terms, Aphrodite sent Paris to Toy City to give him the most beautiful girl in the world. In Toy City, Paris made love to Helen, the wife of King Manilus of Sparta, and Paris ran away with Helen.
At the end of this poem, we see Oenone crying and telling her sad stories to her mother. And again and again, she was blaming her fate. There is nothing sadder in this world than when a loved one becomes someone else, that happened with Oenone. She repeated that Paris promised a thousand times to her in the valley below the hill that he would never leave her but left her for a girl. He will never be her (Oenone) again. She was telling it to her mother and crying.
Moral lesson: This poem teaches people generation after generation that illicit love affairs are the cause of destruction.