Specifically looking at The Moxon Tennyson (1857) that contained the illustrated image by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, it was quite dark to me. The image looked quite medival while Lancelot finds the Lady’s dead body and stands over her. This particular image helped me with better understanding the innocence that the Lady carries. The symbolism of her purity and femininity is shown here through the setting. The water and swans show her delicance as well as her body being placed so graciously. This helped engage me with the text more as I was able to visualize a grieving scene through an image; "Died themselves of royal cheer;/And they'd cross themselves with fear;." There is also a subtle message of male dominance in the image as Lancelot stands over the Lady's dead body, possibly demonstrating his power over her. In text that is associated with this image, Lancelot also states "'She has a lovely face'", almost implying that he only sees her for who she is physically, not emotionally. Woman were not commonly viewed for their knowledge, which can be implcated through Lancelot looking down over her, almost being percieved as being the more powerful sex. This can be reflective of our own moment, making us wonder how it is uncommon in literature for this situation to be reversed, specifically in a medival or fantasy text. Men are often depicted as the leaders and the women are their weak accessories. Women fail to be the more dominant sex in literature.