... spiritual thresholds further, the religious parallel found in the repetition of the verb 'crossed'. Comparisons can be made here to another of Coleridge's opium induced poems, Kubla Khan, where oblique allusions can be made to superstition, as critic Brent Robida suggests 'the poem shows how Coleridge views religion as both tool of liberty and trap of superstition'71. This ... ...

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... Stoker's Dracula: every man's fantasy, highlights her highly sexual powers and outlines her traditionally feminine nature. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there are many allusions to Bran Stoker's Dracula, both oblique and explicit. This is significant in recognising the gothic genre in the show as Bran Stoker's novel is one of the more significant pieces of gothic genre literature ever written ... ...

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