The Visions of the Daughters of Albion and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Theotormon of her innocence. She maintains that she is pure but she is not
             heard. What we discover with Oothoon is an inner conflict resulting from
             social customs and also what she had been taught. This is demonstrated
             They told me that the night and day were all that I could see;
             They told me that I had five senses to inclose me up,
             And they inclos'd my infinite brain into a narrow circle,
             And sunk my heart into the Abyss, a red round globe hot burning,
             Till all from life I was obliterated and erased. (II.30-4).
             This statement is the beginning of Oothoon's liberation from the oppressive
             way of thinking that she has grown up with. She finds that much of the
             oppression in the world comes from religion and momentarily struggles with
             the issue. Blake's opinion regarding this matter of can be seen in the
             line "the clear spring, muddled with feet of beasts grows pure and smiles"
             (II.19) A part of her revelation is that is she is engaging in thoughts
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