Are the nature descriptions given for scenic effect, or do they serve as
a background and setting for the story?
Does Scott employ incidents of plot for the sake of dragging in
descriptions?
Which is the best in the poem: nature description, plot construction,
character, description, or the portrayal of old life and customs?
Is the descriptive language suggestive?
Are the landscape scenes given minutely, or are they drawn broadly, with
a free hand?
Does Scott keep closely to the geography of the region of his tale (see
map, p. 6, and note 461, p. 259)?
Perry Pictures 912-17 (from Landseer's paintings of deer) and 1511 (Ben
Lomond) may be used in illustration of _The Lady of the Lake_.