The Private Memoirs And Confession Of A Justified Sinner Analysis

James Hogg was born in 1770 in Scotland. His family was a devoted to both farming and religion. His father was an Elder at the church, so he always grew up in a religious background. In 1824 Hogg wrote the critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. The novel provided satire on the Calvinist Doctrine of predestination. Predestination is the belief that God has since the start of time, pre ordained the saved. Basically, it is pre-decided who will go to Heaven and who will go to Hell. These chosen few who have already been chosen for Heaven can live their lives however they please, regardless of the moral implications because they have already been saved. Robert Wringham is the focus

He becomes quite mad through his years. It is clear the Gill just want’s power and to control Robert’s life. This then leads Robert to loose his identity, completely getting rid of who he is and becomes a full pledged psychopath. He commits crime after crime and sin after sin. It is at this point while reading that the reader begins to feel a bit of sadness for Robert. Her is pathetic, mad, crazy and suffering immensely in this world. As he grows older, he becomes completely consumed by Gill. He becomes tormented to the point where he cannot sleep and he just wonders the street with no money, no friends, no family and no home. He is past the point of no return. This sad life leads him to commit suicide to escape his own personal Hell on Earth. Robert’s only salvation was death. It was the only way to escape Gill and himself. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a controversial, unique story of the time. It hits on the key aspects of the supernatural, religious intolerance and the inner minds of characters. Robert Wringham is a clear indication that Romanticism works from the time have the key traits of sin suffering and

From childhood he was unlike those around him. He went to school to study art and found his love of poetry. From his early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions. He spoke of seeing God and the Angels. He married his with Catherine Boucher in 1782. His brother, Robert died, but this is where Blake got a lot of inspiration for his work. In 1789 Blake wrote and illustrated the popular Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience in 1794. His poetry was extremely non-conformist and focused on imagination, rather than reason. Both works have many common parallels and themes. His poetry also deals with the common aspect of a romanticism work; it has moments of sin, suffering and salvation. In Songs of Innocence, The Chimney Sweeper, it is a heartbreaking poem about the young children that were forced into doing labor as chimneysweepers. Mostly because they were the only ones small enough to fit in the spaces and they were sold into that work. It was damaging and cruel how they treated these children and Blake writes about it in such a powerful way. In the first stanza alone the reader learns about the difficult life and the suffering this child has had to overcome, “When my mother died when I was young, my father sold me while yet my tongue…so, your Chimney’s I sweep and in soot I sleep.” (Songs of Innocence) This poor child is portrayed so innocently and gentle, yet leads this suffering unfortunate life. People treated