Literature Analysis

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Literature Analysis
Heaven is good, and hell is bad. Good is right, and evil is wrong. These are two statements that almost everybody of us has been told ever since they were young kids. This essay attempts to discuss these two theories as presented in the writings of William Blake. The two readings include; all religions are one and the marriage of heaven and hell. In the two texts, Blake attempts to put across the same message in a way, although it might not be very evident from the surface. The writing all religions are one is a piece of literature, basically a series of philosophical aphorisms, which state explain precisely how all religions are the same. The marriage of heaven and hell on the other side is a piece of literature which is in poem form. Nevertheless, as much as the two pieces are different, they in a way portray the same themes.
As it is, heaven and hell are entirely different and opposite (Samartha, 98). This is a theme present in both writings. However, Blake does not present them as naturally as the statement may sound. He attempts to show that life does not consist of such neat polarities. Good and evil are a bit more complicated than they seem. This notion suggests that life is more like a giant pulsing mass of energy, which needs and includes darker impulses than those which we attempt to avoid. In all religions are one, Blake passes across the message that all religions have a common source, or how is it that the definition of good and bad is almost the same in virtually all of the world’s religions? The marriage of heaven and hell is no different.

Basically, the topic itself is very self-explanatory. Marriage is a relationship that ought not to be separated. Heaven and hell can be used to represent right and wrong. In this piece of literature, Blake tells a story of how he visited hell and came back. While at hell, Blake ‘collected ‘some of the proverbs used in hell. This is a symbolic stunt which Blake uses to explain his ideas about right and wrong.
Knowledge is another major theme in both pieces of literature. In writing all religions are one especially, Blake argues that knowledge is the base of all faiths. He continues to say that in all religions, there is the input of the knowledge of what he refers to as a poetic genius. Poetic genius might be used to mean a prophet in other terms (Samartha, 54). In the second writing, Blake based his methods of writings on the knowledge of the people of the era. Having done his works in the 18th century, Blake knew that proverbs and poetry was a portion of the people, a reason as to why he used these methods. His knowledge of these two features of writing proved to be very essential.
Conclusively, it is right to argue that these two pieces of writings in a way portly the same message. This is because there are some themes which can be identified in both of the pieces. Figures of speech are also another aspect which has been identified to be similar in the two pieces. All in all, Blake succeeded in putting across the messages intended.
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Samartha, Stanley J. One Christ–Many Religions: Toward a Revised Christology. Wipe and Stock Publishers, 2015.