In Blake's Proverbs of Hell, it seems as though he is expressing that; with the good, there always is the bad or the opposite. It seems paradoxyl and almost expresses dualism. How people actually act as opposed to how they ought to act. The proverbs express ideals verses reality.
The author is discussing vitality of life force, philosophical power or thoughts. Morality. Blake is using the expression of power or energy as being better. Excess leads to wisdom. He is expressing how it is overall better for things not to be contained, more or less to be set free. For instance the line about the bird flying with it's own wings.
The author also eludes to God and is associating God with physical power. It seems as though Blake's conception of Hell is not as a place of punishment, but a source of unrepressed, philosophical energy. Blake eluded to the readers a repressive nature of conventional morality and institutional religion. A life force that is hard to contain in words, something that is or reflects a violent force about it. Blake praises carnivorous animals that survive based on predatory habits.
Overall, within Blake's suggestive, simple, and rich with illusions proverbs, which reflect wisdom. There is a hopeful, faithful, and positive mood expressed by the numerous proverbs. It is a strategy for simplifying ideas. There is a kind of beauty to these statements even though they are not clear- which in turn draws in the reader with a sense of depth.
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Great insights into Blake,I'm just getting into his work and his views really mirror my own.
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