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. ... By...

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Shelley includes references to Percy Shelley's poems and other Romantic poems such as the 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Milton's 'Paradise Lost', the references to these show to the reader the Romantic view of the importance of emotions and the imagination, and also the importance of the individual. ... This idea can be taken and linked to Milton's idea of how the world was created, how God, after expelling Satan and his angels out of heaven, creates another world for the other creatures to live in; ideas such as this were seen ...

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Is it true that the monster is treacherous? Walton says that Victor showed letters and that W. saw the monster, to lend credibility to the story. Victor had thought to be useful, but without due consideration to values. Epic hero: "the greatness of his fall." Victor's speech: we do something not because it's easy but because it's hard--shows some noble sentiment and aspiration. ...

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