 Critic E. J. Chiasson argued in 1954 that Ulysses is without faith in an afterlife , and that Tennyson uses a " method of indirection " to affirm the need for religious faith by showing how Ulysses ' lack of faith leads to his neglect of kingdom and family . Chiasson regards the poem as " intractable " in Tennyson 's canon , but finds that the poem 's meaning resolves itself when this indirection is understood : it illustrates Tennyson 's conviction that " disregarding religious sanctions and ' submitting all things to desire ' leads to either a sybaritic or a brutal repudiation of responsibility and ' life ' . " 
 Critic E. J. Chiasson argued in 1954 that Ulysses is without faith in an afterlife , and that Tennyson <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>uses</mark></a> a " method of indirection " to affirm the need for religious faith by showing how Ulysses <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>lack of faith <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>leads</mark></a> to his neglect of kingdom and family . Chiasson <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>regards</mark></a> the poem as " intractable " in Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>canon , but <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>finds</mark></a> that the poem <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>meaning <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>resolves</mark></a> itself when this indirection is understood : it <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>illustrates</mark></a> Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>conviction that " disregarding religious sanctions and ' submitting all things to desire ' <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>leads</mark></a> to either a sybaritic or a brutal repudiation of responsibility and ' life ' . " 
Critic E. J. Chiasson argued in 1954 that Ulysses is without faith in an afterlife , and dat Tennyson use a " method of indirection " to affirm the need fir religious faith by showing how Ulysses  lack of faith lead to his neglect of kingdom and fam . Chiasson regard the poem as " intractable " in Tennyson  canon , but find that the poem  meaning resolve itself when dis indirection is understood : it illustrate Tennyson  conviction that " disregarding religious sanctions and ' submitting all things to desire ' lead to either a sybaritic or a brutal repudiation of responsibility and ' life ' . "