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ed_moore 's review for:
Christabel
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain”
I really enjoy the style in which Coleridge writes, though in the case of ‘Christabel’, it being unfinished, the narrative is much weaker than the poetic style. It follows Christabel who is seduced by Geraldine, a transgressive and slightly vampiric individual that tempts Christabel from an oak tree. She resides in a gloomy castle and there are multiple images of bad omens which introduce the gothic, though it was often confused and didn’t seem to be going anywhere, likely thus effect contributed to due to its nature as an unfinished work.