... poems. In Christabel, 'the confrontation between good and evil is reinforced by the obvious Christian symbolism and superstition, such as the blessed threshold'69. This interpretation posed by critic Laurie J. Blake can be evidenced in stanzas 15, 16 and 19, where Coleridge makes repeated references to the transgression of physical boundaries, 'They crossed the moat a little door she opened ... ...

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