Throughout his literary works, Blake incorporates many classic romantic characteristics. But he also incorporated important people and events regarding that time period. One of his most controversial works, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" explores three of the most important romantic themes in his works: the battle between good and evil, the presence of the supernatural, and the affinity with nature. Most likely inspired by Emanuel Swedenborg's "Heaven and Hell," Blake used common Romantic symbolism to demonstrate the prophetic meanings of pieces in the book. In “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” Blake alludes to the idea that “Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. From these opposites comes what religious people call Good and Evil. Good is the passive person who obeys Reason. Evil is the active release of Energy. Good is heaven. Evil is Hell,” not only did this piece demonstrate his unconventional beliefs about the codependency of good and evil, but it also exemplified a classic Romantic principle dealing with the adversarial...