This essay explores the doubleness in Tennyson's poems "Ulysses" and "The Lotos-Eaters." Both reflect Victorian Era characteristics of nostalgia and progressiveness. The poems can be read straightforwardly or skeptically, revealing hidden meanings. While both poems touch on the fear of death, "Ulysses" portrays a desire for exploration while "The Lotos-Eaters" yearns for a peaceful existence. The essay concludes by highlighting the contrasting worlds in the poems one filled with toil and the other resembling a paradise.