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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“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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maze of ice. But then the sailors encountered an Albatross‚ a great sea bird. As it flew around the ship‚ the ice cracked and split‚ and a wind from the south drove the ship out of the frigid regions‚ into a foggy stretch of water. The Albatross followed behind it‚ a symbol of good luck to the sailors. A pained look crosses the Mariner’s face‚ and the Wedding-Guest asks him‚ “Why look’s thou so?” The Mariner confesses that he shot and killed the Albatross with his crossbow. At first‚ the other sailors
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journey on a “bright” and “cold” day. Against the will of the wedding guest‚ the Ancient Mariner spends the remainder of Part 1 describing his tale in detail; which eventually leads to the shooting of a magnificent and supposedly good omen of an albatross. Before the actual narrative of the poem begins‚ the reader is presented with a Latin epigraph taken from Burnet’s "Archaeologiae Philosophicae" (1692). The main theme taken from this quotation is that one must maintain a balance between acknowledging
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner”‚ the Mariner is the character that gives the wedding-guest in the poem‚ and readers‚ essential life lessons. The importance of Christianity and having faith is displayed in this poem when the Mariner says‚ “As if it [an Albatross] had been a Christian soul‚ / We hailed it in God’s name.” (Coleridge 365). That line is essential because it shows how the
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Comment on the Narrative Methods used in Part 1 of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Part one of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens with a third person omniscient narrator: ‘It is an ancient Marinere‚ And he stoppeth one of three.’ This person represents Coleridge as he knows everything that is happening in the poem‚ and he is setting the scene for the rest of the lyrical ballad. Other people may take the view that the omniscient narrator represents God‚ as he is seen by religious people as the
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E3B柯玟曲 401110860 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Part 3 In Part 3‚ the poem becomes more fantastical as the spiritual world continues to punish the Ancient Mariner and his fellow sailors. Like they have spent a long time drifting on the ocean with no wind or water‚ and everyone is sick of it. Then they saw a ghostly ship neared‚ but his mouth is too dry to shout. So he bites his arm to wet his lips with his own blood‚ just enough so that he can shout. His crewmates are so happy that they shout
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