It does not take long for the reader to see that the Ithaca Ulysses left, was not the same place when he returned. Ulysses expected an uproar and parades to be thrown over his return, but yet he is met with savages who do not remember his image or name. Ulysses clearly expresses his disappointment in his people saying "I mete and dole Unequal laws to a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me"(Lines 3-5). The old king sees his shinning past corrupted with the rust of time and faded memories. Furthermore, this angers Ulysses to the point that he begins to cull everything about his kingdom saying "It little profits an idle king, by this still hearth, among these barren crags"(Lines 1-2). Ulysses rein in Ithaca is buried in the sands of
It does not take long for the reader to see that the Ithaca Ulysses left, was not the same place when he returned. Ulysses expected an uproar and parades to be thrown over his return, but yet he is met with savages who do not remember his image or name. Ulysses clearly expresses his disappointment in his people saying "I mete and dole Unequal laws to a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me"(Lines 3-5). The old king sees his shinning past corrupted with the rust of time and faded memories. Furthermore, this angers Ulysses to the point that he begins to cull everything about his kingdom saying "It little profits an idle king, by this still hearth, among these barren crags"(Lines 1-2). Ulysses rein in Ithaca is buried in the sands of