Poison Tree
Essays

William Blake's poem, "A Poison Tree," examines anger from the perspective of one controlled by anger. This poem is compelling because while it takes place within the speaker's mind, it divulges the levels of contempt…

Social Indictment and a Religious Vision of Salvation in William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper"

¶ … wrath as something belonging to someone else. We want to think of ourselves as a people capable of controlling our emotions because we are human. William Blake forces us to look at the truth of this supposition,…

William Blake's poem, "A Poison Tree" illustrates the two options we encounter when we face anger. By focusing on the two options we encounter with anger, Blake is also illustrating two sides of the human soul.

This paper examines the statements of William Clifford and William James about the ethics of religious belief. For Clifford, it is always wrong, morally and logically, to believe something on insufficient evidence. For James, however, Clifford's ethics are flawed. In James' reckoning, humans may subscribe to any belief which is sufficiently alive in their culture, and the justiifation is made with reference to James' philosophy of Pragmatism, where truth is measured in terms of real-world utility.

Journal Exercise 1.3A: What makes a hero?