# Coleridge — The Hashish Eater character guide

> Coleridge in The Hashish Eater by Fitz Hugh Ludlow.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0004-i-the-night-entrance

## Who they are

The opium-haunted poet whose 'Kubla Khan' verse opens the book like an incantation, framing the hashish-eater as one who has fed on honey-dew and drunk the milk of Paradise.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/characters/narrator)

_psychological_

Coleridge is a poetic and intellectual influence, invoked as a kindred spirit in the exploration of altered states.

## In the story

### [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/epigraph)

Quoted as the author of 'Kubla Khan,' whose lines about honey-dew and the milk of Paradise foreshadow the themes of visionary experience.

### [Cave Succedanea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/xxv-cave-succedanea)

Mentioned as a figure of satire for those known to use opium, referred to as 'Coleridge le petit'.

### [Ideal Men and Their Stimulants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/ideal-men-and-their-stimulants)

Cited as a tragic figure who fell into opium addiction without full knowledge of its evil, later suffering from shame and loss of willpower.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hashish_eater_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced metaphorically as 'Indian Coleridges' in the context of romanticized hashish narratives.

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