William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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What term is used to describe the Romantic Hero who is a solitary dreamer in revolt against social conventions?

Byronic hero

In the context of the text, what is emphasized as the social responsibility of the poet during the American and French revolutions?

Prophetic role

Which artist became a mythic figure and a Romantic revolutionary and hero, immortalized by his music?

Beethoven

What element of Satan is highlighted in William Blake's work 'Satan in His Original Glory'?

Iniquity

In the poem 'Ode to the West Wind' by Shelley, what imagery is used to describe the poet as a prophet?

Ashes and sparks

Which Romantic hero is mentioned as an example of a solitary dreamer turning away from society?

Manfred in Otranto

'Kubla Khan' by Coleridge presents the poet as a figure to be feared and respected through what action?

Weaving a circle round thrice

'Third-Class Carriage' by Honoré Daumier portrays which type of hero as turning away from conventional society?

'Byronic hero'

What is the poet's role during times when moral, religious, and psychic systems of control have collapsed?

To fulfill social responsibilities through prophetic acts

Which artist presented Satan as once being 'Perfect Till Iniquity Was Found in Thee'?

William Blake

Explore William Blake's principal prose work, 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell', written in 1790. Learn about its ironic reference to Swedenborg's book on afterlife, biblical prophecy, and Blake's Romantic and revolutionary beliefs.

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