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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