i am doing an essay on the entity called Urizen that appears in the poetry of william blake?

Question

i need to come up with a thesis statement relevant to him!

Answer 1

Urizen is one of the four aspects of Albion (a representation of god, according to some, and a representation of the cosmos itself, according to others).

Urizen represents Intellect and Reason, and inspires the Rule of Law.

All the aspects of Albion contain both the masculine and feminine. Urizen's feminine side is represented by Ahania, a being devoted to pleasure, particularly sexual pleasure.

It is interesting that the Ahania/pleasure aspect was separated from the Urizen/intellectual aspect by a conflict with one of his sons (Fuzon, Fire), and that after the masculine and feminine characters are separated, Urizen identifies sexual pleasure with sin, and hides Ahania and their activities from the world.

Fuzon has elements of the Greek Titan, Chronos, and of the Jewish Moses, and as the Christian Christ in the son/father relationship.

The Blake Archives at http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/ have all the works, including the Book of Urizen and the Book of Ahania.

After reading them, you should be able to come up with a thesis.