William blake

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1、WilliamBlake•WhendidPre-romanticismappear?inthelatterhalfofthe18thcentury•WhatarethemainfeaturesofPre-romanticism?•RomanticRevival;•StrongprotestagainstthebondageofClassicism•Claimsofpassionandemotion•RenewedinterestsinmedievalliteraturePre-romanticism•Whoaretherepresent

2、atives?WilliamBlakeandRobertBurns•What’sthesignificance?markedthedeclineofclassicismpavedthewayforthecomingofromanticisminEnglandQuestionsfordiscussion•Whatpartsofthetigerhavebeendescribedinthepoem?•Isitarealisticdescriptionofthetiger?•Whatdoesthetigerstandfororsymbolize

3、?•Whatdoesthepoemglorify?•Inwhichyearwasthepoemwritten?Anyconnectionwiththehistoricalbackground?•Howtointerpretthetwolines“whenthestarsthrewdowntheirspears/andwater’dheavenwiththeirtears”?Question1•Whatpartsofthetigerhavebeendescribedinthepoem?eyes:burningbrightindarknes

4、s/fieryfigure:infearfulsymmetryheart:hardtotwistitssinews;sturdyhandandfeet:dreadfulbrain:framedinfurnace;strongQuestion2•Isitarealisticdescriptionofthetiger?Itismoresymbolicthanliteral.Question3•Whatdoesthetigerstandfororsymbolize?obscureinsymbolicmeaning1.apowerful,ove

5、rwhelmingforce2.terror,violenceandmercilessness3.adestructivebeing(preyonlambsetc.)4.mysteryCombinedwiththepoem“TheLamb”,thetigersymbolizestheinfinityofGod,bothmercifulandmerciless.Question4•Whatdoesthepoemglorify?thetiger?themakerofthetiger?themagicofthecreation?Questio

6、n5•Inwhichyearwasthepoemwritten?Anyconnectionwiththehistoricalbackground?1789-1794FrenchRevolutionFrenchRevolution•politicalandsocialupheaval•Accompaniedbyviolentturmoil(trialoftheking,bloodshedandwarfare)•From1792-1797,FrancelaunchedwarswithAustriaandPrussiaBlake’spolit

7、icalviews•Blakenevertriedtofitintotheworld,hewasarebelinnocentlyandcompletelyallhislife.•Hewaspoliticallyofthepermanentleft&mixedagooddealwiththeradicalslikeThomasPaineandWilliamGodwin.•Blakestronglycriticizedthecapitalists'cruelexploitation,sayingthatthe"darksatanicmill

8、sleftmenunemployed,killedchildrenandforcedprostitution."•Hecherishedgreatexpectationsandenthusiasmforth