岐阜市立女子短期大学研究紀要　第53輯（平成16年3月）

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理知の過誤、「影の女性」の場合

―ブレイクの『ミルトン』第18［20］葉について―

Satanic Failure Conceived by Shadowy Female:
Blake’s Milton, Plate18［20］

Abstract

This paper discusses one passage from William Blake’s Milton, plate１８［２０］, lines１―２５. In this passage, a character called the “Shadowy Female” plays a vital role to anticipate the failure of the scientific and self-righteous side of Satan’s mind. Furthermore, her counterpart or spouse, Orc, plays in some way a role as her mirror-image, as shown in lines２６-５０. Beulah is the intermediate area between Eternity and the phenomenal world called Ulro. This area, with its imagery of twenty-seven Heavens and Palestinian topography in Ancient Judea, sets the background in which Shadowy Female is active. The preposition, “over,” which is used three times in this passage, implies that the Shadowy Female is akin to Satan, through its association with another Satanic expression, “cover.” As is often found in Blake’s descriptions of the feminine metier, her Satanic failure of taking the Human Form as her own is alluded to with the metaphor of clothing.

キーワード :イギリスロマン派、ウィリアム・ブレイク、ミルトン、サタン、影の女性
British Romanticism, William Blake, Milton, Satan, Shadowy Female

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