Anna Roberts
Section IA
-Blake new Mary Wollstonecraft, because they had the same publisher
-his work came out one year before Vindication of the Rights of Women
-he agrees with her that women are enslaved and subservient to men
- they differ in terms of desire which is not seen in Mary's work
-They both use words of slavery but Mary argues passion disturbs society
-Mary's vindication (reason, thought, controlled rhetoric) vs Blake's vision (prophecy, seeing beyond five senses, seeing beyond restrictions)
-nature of sexuality and sexual repression are important concepts in Blake's work as well
-contemporary men and even more so women are oppressed in terms of socially acceptable concepts and codes in their thoughts, perceptions, actions, and social institutions
-"Visions" is a retelling of the fall of man-->Corruption occurs because of Eve's mistake
-ends with pessimistic note-cannot return back to life before fall of human
-Orthoon tries to go back to before this fall; where sex can be enjoyed without societal standards
-Orthoon represents the subjugated nature of all women in a patriarchal society; she is like a slave who has been abused, raped, and impregnated by her "master"; she seeks sexual freedom for both men and women; tries to convince Theotormon she still is pure despite being raped
-Bromion represents a slave owner who sexually exploits women; rejects sexuality as a form of joy
-Theotormon denies himself joys of life and refuses intellect and the imagination to improve human life
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Just a note - Blake's came out a year AFTER Wollstonecraft's.
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