| Front | The Garden of Love - William Blake Explore the line 'Thou shalt not' x3 (context) |
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| Back | •Use of moral imperative - 8/10 commandments in Old Testament begin with this => portrayed as restrictive •What kind of love is being forbidden? - sex was associated with evil, virginity with goodness: ‘Celibacy is a gift from God’ Catholic code of canon law (direct attack religion?) •Darwin's Origin of the Species (1859) changed how we understand desire - animalistic + natural impulse => stimulated doubt in creationism |
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