The idea of ​​“recycling” old literature is not a foreign concept. Many authors refer to old tales or mention one of their characters in their stories. Similar to what Dante did, with Achilles and Desdemona in Hell, and Virgil with his story of the Aeneid. As the Romantic movement transformed into the Victorian era, many poets began to reflect on the classical literature of great empires and powerful heroes, similar to what the Greeks did with The Iliad and The Odyssey. English poets used this concept more and more as they entered the Victorian era, reminding people that while they may be in the decline of their mighty reign, they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Lord Tennyson wrote Ulysses to make exactly this point. In Ulysses, Odysseus has aged, yet he still plans “to sail beyond the sunset”, and even though he has aged, he has accepted it as gaining knowledge, and has an acceptance of life with which he sees with optimism. That journey has “a double meaning; in ancient times, the final journey had the Underworld as its destination” (Sabin). In the text, Odysseus has accepted his old age, and plans to set sail, towards “the baths of all the western stars, until his death”. This refers to the fact that, even though he is old and most people, even in his own kingdom, no longer know who he is, he will do something great that will once again reverberate throughout the world. “Ulysses' quest is truly a continuous aspiration: his thirst for new knowledge will never be satisfied; he will continue to seek new knowledge until his death” (Tennyson, “Ulysses”). Tennyson wrote this poem to remind England that she can still do something that will put her back on the map. Speaking... middle of the paper... with the aim of getting England back in the running. Works Cited Landow, George P., ed. “Ulysses” by Alfred Tennyson. Victorian Web, 9 February 2013. Web. 7 April 2014. .Lord Tennyson, Alfred. Ulysses. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. Stephen Stephen Greenblatt et al. 8th ed. vol. B. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006. 1962-4. Press. 07 April 2014.Sabin, Lisa, ed. Symbols in Ulysses. Under the Western Acacia, November 6, 2010. Web. April 7, 2014. Tennyson, “Ulysses.” Np, 2014. Web. 7 April 2014. Tennyson's 'Ulysses' as a dramatic monologue. Np, 2014. Web. 7 April. 2014. .