| Front | Willam Blake - The Garden of Love Explore: 'And the gates of this chapel were shut, And ('Thou shalt not') writ over the door;' x3 (large) |
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| Back | •What is the church shutting out? Promiscuity? Adultery? Idea of church imposing judgement on sexuality + conduct •Contextually significant => church inflicted a lot of violence on homosexuals - modern theory is poem potentially comments on sexuality + punishment of people who were sexually transgressive •'door' first thing you see and in your face - microcosm for how openly oppressive society was towards alternative sexualities to heterosexuality |
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