The Ancient Mariner
fWrite about the importance of place in the telling of the story in parts one to four of the ‘Rime of the ancient mariner’.
In the beginning, the poem is set outside of a church just before the wedding guest is about to cross the threshold into the church to witness the wedding. This is also a pivotal part of the poem as this is where the mariner tells his story to the guest. This creates a joyous atmosphere at the beginning, ‘The guests are met, the feast is set, may’st you hear the merry din?’ which is then tainted with the mariners arrival, this brings in a darker atmosphere and creates a sense of foreboding. This prepares the audience for the supernatural and ghostly happenings in the poem yet to come.
Then, the setting changes as …show more content…
As the mariner and the crew are subjected to the raging storm in the ocean, this greatly contrasts with the peaceful and calm setting of the harbour and introduces the start of the darkening atmospheres. ‘And now the storm blast came and he was tyrannous and strong’. More over the personification of the storm setting here introduces the reader to the idea of the supernatural forces that make up the darker side of the poem, and therefore here the setting aids the telling of the …show more content…
These interjections in the mariners telling of the tale help to create an even larger gap between the reality of the wedding guests world and the world of the ancient mariner. This therefore emphasises the supernatural and dark elements of the ballad.
After the murder of the albatross by the ancient mariner, the sea becomes an even more hostile and cruel place for the crew, ‘all in a hot and copper sky, the bloody sun at noon’. This setting is seen to be punishing the mariner for his crimes, and the silence and stillness of the area around him emphasises the hostility and the lack of help surrounding them, very much like the ice world in part one. ‘As idle as a painted ship, upon a painted ocean’. This also brings back the idea of a spirit controlling the torture of the mariner and his crewmates.
Additionally, the setting of the sea as the slimy creatures are around are very important to the telling of the story here. ‘Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs, upon the slimy sea’. These creatures are here seen to be an outwards manifestation of the mariners troubled and tortured mind as he believes that these creatures are more worthy of life than he
In the beginning, the poem is set outside of a church just before the wedding guest is about to cross the threshold into the church to witness the wedding. This is also a pivotal part of the poem as this is where the mariner tells his story to the guest. This creates a joyous atmosphere at the beginning, ‘The guests are met, the feast is set, may’st you hear the merry din?’ which is then tainted with the mariners arrival, this brings in a darker atmosphere and creates a sense of foreboding. This prepares the audience for the supernatural and ghostly happenings in the poem yet to come.
Then, the setting changes as …show more content…
As the mariner and the crew are subjected to the raging storm in the ocean, this greatly contrasts with the peaceful and calm setting of the harbour and introduces the start of the darkening atmospheres. ‘And now the storm blast came and he was tyrannous and strong’. More over the personification of the storm setting here introduces the reader to the idea of the supernatural forces that make up the darker side of the poem, and therefore here the setting aids the telling of the …show more content…
These interjections in the mariners telling of the tale help to create an even larger gap between the reality of the wedding guests world and the world of the ancient mariner. This therefore emphasises the supernatural and dark elements of the ballad.
After the murder of the albatross by the ancient mariner, the sea becomes an even more hostile and cruel place for the crew, ‘all in a hot and copper sky, the bloody sun at noon’. This setting is seen to be punishing the mariner for his crimes, and the silence and stillness of the area around him emphasises the hostility and the lack of help surrounding them, very much like the ice world in part one. ‘As idle as a painted ship, upon a painted ocean’. This also brings back the idea of a spirit controlling the torture of the mariner and his crewmates.
Additionally, the setting of the sea as the slimy creatures are around are very important to the telling of the story here. ‘Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs, upon the slimy sea’. These creatures are here seen to be an outwards manifestation of the mariners troubled and tortured mind as he believes that these creatures are more worthy of life than he