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The Tyger - William Blake Flashcards

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What are dissenters?

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group of English Protestants who broke away from and rebelled against the Church of England

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How did Blake being Brough up by Dissenters influence his view on the church?

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He saw top-down religious structures as restrictions on individual liberties, and as obstacles to the direct relationship between humankind and God.

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What may influence the hints of rebellion in the poem?

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-The French Revolution 1789 - 1799
-The American Revolution 1763-1783

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What or who does the Tyger represent?

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-Symbolic of God’s creation
-Immorality of mankind

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Why may Blake question God and creation in this poem?

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-Growth in enlightenment > questioning of God

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Why is the Tyger “burning bright”?

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-Dangerous yet beautiful > feeling of the sublime > what God has created
-plosives
-Oxymoronic
-Creates a sense of unknown danger

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What is significant about “forests of the night”?

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-Concealed > hidden away
-hidden side to mankind or God
-Could symbolise the concealed dealings of the church and society

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What does “immortal’ in stanza 1 allude to?

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-The divine

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What could ‘eye’ symbolise in stanza 1?

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-Reflection of innocence
-window into the soul > the truths within

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Why does the speaker question the creators bravery or ability in stanza 1?

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  • Intrigued and wanting to gain an understanding of what has been done
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What could Blake mean by “Could Frame thy fearful symmetry”?

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-mankind’s abilities are frightening yet beautiful.
-Rhetorical question creates a sense of uncertainty which channels fear.
-Tyger is not framed purely physically > symbolism of the mentality within mankind

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What is the Tyger?

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-Merely a creation
-Product of sinister external forces?
-A Product of humanity ?

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What concerns the speaker in Stanza two?

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-Motivations behind the tyger
-His personal relationship with God

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What does “distant deeps or skies/ Burnt the fire of thine eyes?” tell us?

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-Eyes as windows to the soul > looking into the corruption and the morality
-“Deeps” and “skies” = heaven and hell

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What does “what wings dare he aspire?” allude to?

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-Allusion to Icarus and Daedalus > Consequences > flying to close to the sun > If God should have done this or created something dangerous for mankind

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What is significant about the motif of “fire”?

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-Both a destructive force and a catalyst for purification, rebirth and renewal
-Symbol of hell > satan responsible for this creation of sin in mankind
-fire manipulated to the needs

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What effect does the use of anatomy in stanza three?

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-What makes up mankind > not just physically but spiritually
-Questioning element of creation
-Elements of mankind > makes mankind and the Tiger intertwined
-Semantic field
-Building the Tiger piece by piece

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Why does the speaker focus on the “heart” in stanza three?

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-Greek > determinator of life > whether god of Human also as a centre if the soul

19
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How is creation presented in Stanza three?

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-fear > power of creation feared and its abilities
-Creation as magnificent > Power of God and the Tiger

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“When thy heart began to beat” is the central point of the poem - Why is it significant to start the heart beat here?

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-Centre of all creation
-Not all men begin evil > Link to Rousseau “man is born free but everywhere in chains”

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How does the Speaker’s tone change in Stanza three?

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-Beginning of the more questioning tone
-Questioning both Tiger and God
-Relationship with God

22
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What is significant about using Industrial references of “hammer”, “Chains”, “furnace”, and “Anvil”?

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-Midst of Industrial Revolution
-These objects all deal with metal > malleability > Gods ability to change creation > man kinds duality
-Questions God’s abilities to allow this to both the IR and the Tiger

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Why is the referral to the “brain” significant in stanza four?

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-Brain > hub of thought and creation > questioning morality

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What do “dread”, and “Deadly terrors clasp?” signify about creation?

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-Helplessness of man in the grand scheme of creation
-Connotations to the negative future of man

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What is significant of “what the chains” in stanza 4?

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-Tyger chained > to God’s will > can only do as God instructs

26
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How does the Tiger being dangerous and the speaker’s fear link together in stanza 4?

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-Presents the curiosity
-Sublime feeling

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why is there a change of perspective away from the Tyger in Stanza 5?

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-Focus on Temptation and sin within society and God’s effect and control of society > links to Blake’s hate for organised religion
-State of Catharsis

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What is significant about the “stars throwing down their spears”?

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-Divine wrath > perhaps Gods wrath of the sin and state of mankind and the world
-Allusion to fall of satan

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Why does Blake refer to his contrary poem ‘The Lamb’ in stanza 5?

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-Show how mankind evolves and the duality within man
-Confusion as to why God can create innocence and destruction > duality of a christian God

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How is the Fall of Lucifer presented in “stars throwing down their spears”?

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-Lucifer being thrown out of heaven with the others that rebelled against god > perhaps they are the cause of the Tiger

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What is the significance of “Tyger! Tiger! Burning bright ….” as the last stanza again?

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-Cyclical structure > Cycle of creation is inevitable
-Cyclical > no answers to his question
-Cyclical > how societies flaws have not evolved

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Is the Tiger real or imaginative? Evil or Good? Powerful or Powerless? Divine or Mortal? Dangerous or harmless?

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-Tyger is presented as everything > unknowingness > Symbol of Blakes uncertainty of the future and God
-God and mankind> Powerlessness of Mankind and Power of God > Intertwined view of humans and god

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How is there a link to Hephaestus in Stanza four > Blacksmith who made weapons for war for the Gods?

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-God made the Tiger this weapon with these industrial objects

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How is there an allegory to the French Revolution in stanza four?

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-Moral message
-Tyger representing humanity > wanting freedom of the people from a harsh regime

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