An analysis and response to William Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion and a commentary involving the themes of various detrimental forms of repression

William Blakes Visions of the Daughters of Albion is a representation of the authors convictions concerning subjugateion and physical and religious slavery. Oothoon, Blakes heroine, is subject to the rejection of two men who be unable to provide her with the pure, innocent whop she so desires. Upon plucking Leuthas flower, Oothoon indicates that she is ready to experience a man. The first she encounters, Bromion, rapes her, so claims he has impregnated her, making her his pigheadedness. Theotormon, the object of Oothoons affection, binds Bromion and his newfound lover to involveher, laborious them for their display of sexuality, as seen in the frontispiece plate. Theotormons life is ruled by Urizen, his vision of God--a vision Oothoon condemns because it encoufads self enjoyings of self denial (7.9). Theotormon cannot give to Oothoons proclaimed love because he is so bound by his religion. Oothoon therefore, is unable to love anyone in her triangle because both repress her love.

When Bromion rapes Oothoon he proclaims:

Thy cushioned American plains are mine, and mine thy northwest & south:

Stampt with my signet are the swarthy children of the sun:

They are obedient, they resist not, they obey the scourge:

Their daughters worship terrors and obey the violent. (Blake 1.



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The soft American plains are Oothoons body and the physical land that Bromion shows no remorse desecrating. The swarthy children of the sun are the slaves he has understand over. Bromions philosophy is based on power derived from material possession and exploitation. Even sexuality is a means of domination, as after(prenominal) he rapes Oothoon he proclaims, Now thou maist marry Bromions woman of the street(2.2). It is assumed that Bromion is speaking to Theotormon when he adds, and protect the child of Bromions rage (2.2-3). By raping Oothoon, Bromion not only takes her virginity, but acquires her as...

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