story to him. The Mariner begins the story on a ship with his crew‚ soon after leaving port‚ he and his crew began heading toward Antarctica to avoid a storm. As the Mariner and his crew travel‚ they ultimately get lost in a deep‚ icy fog. Then‚ an albatross swoops down‚
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landmarks offer his heart‚ but also because the Moon still accompanies him‚ steeping in calm and silentness the bay‚ the rock‚ the kirk‚ the steady weathercock. He had not heeded the white moonshine that glimmered through night and fog when he slew the Albatross; but now he knows the meaning of the Moon-the eternal Love of God-and he turns to the Hermit for confession and absolution. Confession made‚ he is duly shriven‚ but‚ says Coleridge in the gloss‚ with penetrating intention: " - Th penance of life
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER The Moral of the Poem: It is usually thought that great art suffers‚ if its didactic purpose is over-emphasized. Everyone recognizes that didacticism has something very impressive and effective about it‚ but no one likes a moral to be offensively obtruded in a work of art. Some go even to the extent of thinking that art and literature should be content to give pleasure and should never set out to teach a truth or preach a moral. There are those who believe
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powerful one‚ because one steers a ship to an extent‚ yet its fate lies in the hands of the winds and currents. Secondly‚ the albatross symbolizes Christ. Just as the Mariner senselessly slays the bird‚ man crucifies Christ whose perfection is unchallenged. Even though Christ represents mankind’s one chance at achieving Heaven‚ man continues to persecute Him. The albatross symbolizes the sailors’ one chance at deliverance from icy death and the Mariner shoots him. Thirdly‚ the South Pole symbolizes
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Introduction Considering the history of literature‚ the conception of Nature seems to be a quite complex question. ’Nature’ is not a concept that can be grasped easily and it often requires discussing some great philosophical conceptions like ’Pantheism’ or ’Deism’. However‚ my paper will not deal in detail with such vast enquiries. I rather want to focus more accurately on how ’Nature’ is used by Pope and Coleridge‚ respectively. With other words‚ I would like to analyse the function of the concept
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge A Different Traveler Like many of his contemporaries‚ Samuel Coleridge was interested in travel and travel books he read about exotic strangers in faraway places. As a young man he even joined a group planning a utopian settlement in the United States. The scheme was abandoned‚ staying in England living in the countryside where he attracted friends including the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy to join him. One of the
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imagine the defining moment in their life to be killing a bird. “...in a piece that cries out for simplicity and gets digital distraction instead.” (Collins-Hughes) This is the one moment that determines the Mariner’s life; his decision to kill an albatross. While most people wouldn’t think this was a big deal‚ he blames that action for the death of his crew‚ and his lifestyle forced to wander
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“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Paradise Lost. In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ after killing an albatross‚ the mariner’s ship is repeatedly faced with difficult circumstances. After unwillingly winning the battle between life and death‚ he comes to understand that evil exists so people can know the forgiveness of God‚ although consequences will be present. “I shot the Albatross….but no sweet bird did follow‚ not any day for food or play came to the Mariner’s hello!” (779). In Paradise
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The Ancient Mariner’s punishment for killing the albatross is fair. After killing the Albatross and committing a crime against nature‚ the Ancient Mariner is punished by the spiritual and natural world. The Ancient Mariner is now living in his nightmare as a reality and suffering each day for his wrong doing. Now that he has done wrong‚ he pays for it by being miserable and wiser. He is now telling his story‚ not because he has to‚ but because he wants everyone to know that he made a mistake that
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