The fate of Tithonus

[Stiffeny Brown]

The poem ‘Tithonus ‘by Lord Alfred Tennyson is based on a classical myth of the love of goddess Aurora for Tithonus , a handsome youth who was the son of Laomedon and the brother of Priam, king of Troy. As he worked in the fields, goddess of the dawn, Aurora was fascinated by his youthful charm and before marrying him begged for him the boon of immortality. But she forgot to ask for the bliss of eternal youth. With the passage of time he started growing old in age, withering in body and spirit, till he begged Aurora to release him.
Tithonus laments over his fate. He now feels thait immortality is like a cruel punishment.
He yearns to get back to his world and ask Aurora to take back her gift. He wants only death, sweet death and no more eternal life. DID HE ACHIEVE IT ???

[coolnwild_rahul]

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[Dark Muse]

There is nothing in the poem to suggest that he ever would have the death he came to so long for, though the poem does live it somewhat open, perhaps she does eventurally let him have his death, but there is also the suggestion that things shall continue on forever without change, or release from his suffering.