Blake critics 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureWilliam BlakeA2/A-levelOCR Created by: rosalindrustom02Created on: 10-06-15 19:22 Sagar on Songs of Innocence 'They mime the state of infancy in their simplicity and vulnerability' 1 of 10 Sehgal on The Sick Rose The Sick Rose 'shows the destructive effects of sexual repression' 2 of 10 Evans on repression 'Repression was what Blake was concerned about above all else' 3 of 10 Evans on wisdom 'Wisdom speaks with the voice of a child' 4 of 10 Lindsey on Blake's outlook on society 'Blake cries out that...life is enslaved, that in the impulses of imagination and nowhere else is there sanctity, truth, or love' 5 of 10 Dike about The School Boy The School Boy 'clearly conveys the message that school...is just another restriction forced upon them to steal their happiness' 6 of 10 Bronowski about religion 'Blake saw Jesus Christ as spiritual goodness but God was associated with tyranny and repression' 7 of 10 Daiches about Blake Blake 'was a man of his time who responded characteristically and sometimes violently to the main political and social events of his age' 8 of 10 Rousseau 'Man is born free and everywhere in chains' 9 of 10 Collings about Blake's life 'He lived through the rise of industrialisation, commercialisation, and rationalism. He was against all three'. 10 of 10
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