1. Religion in the Poetry of William Blake
In this example, the main theme of religion is the question of how the sweet and gentle God of Innocence, created or allowed the creation of the miseries that abound in Experience. ... In today's world the best examples of this are the terrorist attacks, rapes, and etcetera. ... Hagstrum in his essay "On Innocence and Experience" writes, "The Urizen of Experience is not primarily the fallen Lucifer, the mythic figure of Blake's prophecy, but a social creature, a supporter of repressive institutions". ...
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- Approx Pages: 10
- Grade Level: High School