Milton: Better than Shakespeare?

Apart from theological and progressive considerations, Shakespeare's more penetrating insight into human nature and the variety, exuberance, and imaginative palyfulness of his language render him Milton's superior as a writer. Milton was far more involved in the affairs of his time (the Puritan interregnum) than the Bard, whom Keats praised for his negative capability, that is, for not committing himself to precise or dogmatic points of view. Milton was more learned in Christian argument but it could be argued that Shakespeare understood Christian feeling and its well-springs more deeply.