Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Three Messages
(An Analysis of Three Messages from Rime of The Ancient Mariner)
In room 303 we have studied many texts. Rime of the Ancient Mariner was one of the most recent texts. Though there are many messages that could be taken from this story, there are a few that stood out most to me. Pride, suffering, and isolation are three themes or messages from Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The first message from Rime is pride. In the story, the mariner kills the albatross that seems to be an occurrence of good luck. This is shown when the mariner says, "God save thee, ancient mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus! –Why lookst thou so?" "With my crossbow I shot the albatross.” (Lines18-20) Because of this pride, he does something that he soon regrets. As punishment for killing the bird, his crew makes him wear it around his neck. Not only that, but shortly after that, everyone but the mariner dies. This happening can also be traced back to the Christian idea of pride being one of the biggest sins. As is says in the proverb, “pride goeth before the fall.” Pride can cause many issues in life, as shown by the story of the mariner. The story Pride and …show more content…
Because all of the crew members died, it caused the mariner to be isolated for a extended amount of time. In the story, this only friend is a hermit, which explains a lot. He was a very sociable guy before this incident. Now, he just travels around looking for lonely and lost souls like himself. The sadness and isolation is shown when he says, ¨Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea!¨ There was nobody else around and they were isolated for a very long time. From the Gowyld site, I learned that isolation may not only be physical but also spiritual. This is proven with the line, ¨Because of this, the isolation of the actor is spiritual almost as much as
(An Analysis of Three Messages from Rime of The Ancient Mariner)
In room 303 we have studied many texts. Rime of the Ancient Mariner was one of the most recent texts. Though there are many messages that could be taken from this story, there are a few that stood out most to me. Pride, suffering, and isolation are three themes or messages from Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The first message from Rime is pride. In the story, the mariner kills the albatross that seems to be an occurrence of good luck. This is shown when the mariner says, "God save thee, ancient mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus! –Why lookst thou so?" "With my crossbow I shot the albatross.” (Lines18-20) Because of this pride, he does something that he soon regrets. As punishment for killing the bird, his crew makes him wear it around his neck. Not only that, but shortly after that, everyone but the mariner dies. This happening can also be traced back to the Christian idea of pride being one of the biggest sins. As is says in the proverb, “pride goeth before the fall.” Pride can cause many issues in life, as shown by the story of the mariner. The story Pride and …show more content…
Because all of the crew members died, it caused the mariner to be isolated for a extended amount of time. In the story, this only friend is a hermit, which explains a lot. He was a very sociable guy before this incident. Now, he just travels around looking for lonely and lost souls like himself. The sadness and isolation is shown when he says, ¨Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea!¨ There was nobody else around and they were isolated for a very long time. From the Gowyld site, I learned that isolation may not only be physical but also spiritual. This is proven with the line, ¨Because of this, the isolation of the actor is spiritual almost as much as