loneliness felt by both Victor and his creature. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner tells the tale of a wedding guest confronted by an old sailor who recounts his expedition to the South Artic in years long past. It is on this journey that he shoots an albatross‚ a romantic symbol of nature and purity‚ and as a result is subjected to the supernatural wrath and becomes the sole survivor of his ship crew. His final punishment is being doomed to a lonely existence in which he can only wander the land conveying
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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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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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Have you ever killed a harmless animal ? In the story the Ancient Mariner A crew member killed a A white albatross‚ it was a beautiful looking bird that flies in the ocean floor. The story the Ancient Mariner is about a Journey that teaches Us and the Mariner‚ a life time story‚ to not kill any living creature of god’s creation. The albatross is a significance animal because god made that beautiful bird and the mariner just killed it to show off because he is good using a bow arrow. the people in
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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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Spirit. Coleridge could also not associate the murder of the albatross with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The reader is told that the Polar Spirit "loved the bird that loved the man who shot him with his bow." It is doubtful that someone with Coleridge’s Christian background and faith could fail to see here an analogy with God who loved his son who loved the men that killed him. Another example of symbolism is the fact that the albatross is hung around the Mariner’s neck like a crucifix. Event the
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caught in a dangerous‚ foggy ice field. An albatross shows up to steer them through the fog and provide good winds‚ but then the Mariner decides to shoot it and soon the sailors lose their wind‚ and it gets really hot. They run out of water‚ and everyone blames the Mariner. The ship seems to be haunted by a bad spirit‚ and weird stuff starts appearing‚ like slimy creatures that walk on the ocean. The Mariner’s crewmates decide to hang the dead albatross around his neck to remind him of his mistake
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"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" helps implement all this cycle with the murder of the albatross and how he must pay for his actions. The whole cycle begins with the mariner’s crime against nature: the shooting of the albatross. In the story‚ the mariner betrays nature by shooting the Albatross. This action against nature is rather extreme‚ for he takes this thought of death lightly. The Albatross‚ as a representative of nature‚ means nothing to the Mariner. These thoughts are quickly
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consistent relationship with his close friend Marty. To make the story more thought provoking and interesting‚ Morpurgo has used symbols to represent various things throughout the novel. Such as‚ a boat to represent love‚ a key to represent luck and an albatross to represent hope and adoration. Throughout the novel a key is used to represent hope and luck. The reader becomes aware of this when Arthur ‘felt a sadness so deep within‚ but felt too that just as long as he had kitty’s key he would be alright
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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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