... and error, man slowly learns the relationship between virtue and happiness, with vice and pains being means for man to learn virtue (Barth, Christian Doctrine, 7). In the perspective of the Bible, Coleridge felt that the Old and New Testament were not only uncomprehendable, but also not meant to be comprehended (Barfield, 157). Thus, he apparently meant "Christabel- to be confusing. Along ... Lost is a story of God and Satan; and the virtuous saving the wicked is good verses evil. The poem was stormed with abused when published, however. According to the Quarterly Review, "Christabel- w...

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