Religious Views of William Blake
...William Blake’s “The Lamb” the narrator gives the reader the image that Christ is the softness and calmness of the world. Christ is peaceful therefore the Child compares him to the meek and humble lamb. “Blake’s narrator links the behavior of the Divine to the behavior of a little lamb,” (Gale Research 3). Blake states that child, lamb, and Christ, or “The Devine”, are equal. “Both human child an animal child have an equal relationship to the Divine in both name and quality.” (Gale Research 3). Blake wants to show the view that young, whether human or animal, are a representation of Christ’s innocence. “The Lamb” is a portrayal of Christ’s gentleness through the young human and lamb. Contrarily, Blake’s “The Tyger” is more of a question asking how something so harmless and something so terrible can be brought about from the same creator. Blake gives a vivid visual of the ferocious predator and questions how it can become in a world created by a gentle master. “Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the lamb make thee?”(Blake, 19-20). This beast illustrates the imperfection of the world, which contrasts the view of flawl...