The Romantic Era was one of questioning the world. The writers of the period did so within their writing; they questioned why mankind had abandoned nature or even the origin of mankind itself. The British Romanticist, William Blake had a question of his own, a question that would guide many of his works. Blake struggled with the concept of creation being connected to its creator. Blake believed that creation reflected the creator; the creator has both a good and evil side (Fawell). William Blake believed that he saw visons from a very young age. He believed that these visons were from God, essentially claiming to be a prophet. As a prophet Blake, Blake wrote in the style of a prophet. Blake used images to convey the messages of his works. …show more content…
But Blake did write works with appearances from himself. Blake’s most notable work which contains himself is Milton. Blake places himself in the poem to encourage the audience to believe that he was a witness to the events of the poem. Many clime that Milton is Blake’s most autobiographical work, his appearance in the poem depicts his relationship with his patron William Hayley, who moved Blake to Felpham. In Milton, Blake states that he was against the move initially, because of his ignorance, but after a while he began to see love the move. After the allegorization of one of his own life situation in one of his works, it is easy to begin to see Blake through some of his other works. The question begins to arise: Did Blake believe nature reflects the creator …show more content…
In the 1800’s the word tyger was understood as a fierce beast. The tyger glows, it’s beautiful, but can be disastrous. The speaker asks the tyger, “what immortal… frame thy…”, Blake implies that some sort of supreme being has created the beast, but he has yet to come to any sort of conclusion on who the creator is. Blake is implying that that there could possibly be more than one creator; a creator of all things good and a creator of all things bad, this is a contradiction of Christianity. Christianity teaches that there was one creator, and that creator made all things good. It was mankind that brought forth evil into the world. Christianity teaches that the creator did not make evil, the creator made all things good, but the creator allows evil because mankind is free to do as they choose. Blake was known for having visons. In these visons, Blake claims to be inspired by God. If Blake was inspired by God would he imply that there is more than one creator? The answer is no, Blake did not imply that there is more than one creator, but he has seen the glory of the creator. Blake knows how beautiful the creator is and how beautiful creation is, and he is confused by the nature of the tyger. The tyger’s nature doesn’t align with Blake’s view of God. When Blake sees, or thinks about God he thinks of a pure and generous immortal