According to Marquery Durham, Coleridge did respond to their bad reviews with "I saw an old book in Coleorton in which the Paradise Lost was described as an obscene poem' so I am in good company."" ... Both of these remarks stated by Coleridge himself support his religious intent of the poem, for Paradise Lost is a story of God and Satan; and the virtuous saving the wicked is good verses evil. ... Even the story of Paradise Lost would become bald and uninteresting, if stripped of these ornaments of poetry."" ... Thus another comparison of "Christabel- to Paradise Lost is apparent. ...

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An Insight Into Revelation The book of Revelation is the last profound book in the New Testament. It conveys the significant purpose of Christianity by describing God's plan for the world and his final judgement of the people by reinforcing the importance of faith and the concept of Christianity as a whole. This book written by John in 95 or 96 AD, is the revelation of Jesus Christ illustrating the events that occur before and during the second coming of Christ. By using complex symbolism and apocalyptic metaphor the meaning of Revelation is defined. What is, what has been, and what...

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Both Moravia's and De Sica's artistic representations of Two Women depict lost purity and innocence, and the subsequent intense suffering of characters confronted with the reality of a world so different from that of their desires, dreams and ideals. ... Furthering the image of Ciociaria as Edenic, when Cesira and Rosetta finally arrive in the country, Cesira describes it, saying, " there was sunshine, there was blue sky, there was the green countryside, composed of all hills covered with vineyards'- (Moravia 36), which is clearly an idyllic description recalling descriptions ...

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What the body does is provide the soul with a vehicle for action in the world and expression of intentions and desires; and the soul pr ovides the body with animation and direction 5For another thing, the theory seems a neat way of reconciling the traditional view that the general resurrection does not occur until the eschaton with Jesus' statement to the good thief on the cross, " Today you wil l be with me in paradise " (L&. 23, 43). The explanation (which naturally goes far beyond Jesus' simple statement) is as follows: The thief would be with Jesus in paradise that very day in th...

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