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    GOTHICISM and GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN COLERIDGE’S POEM "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER"           Gothicsim is a style in fictional literature characterized by gloomy settings‚violent or grotesque action‚ and a mood of decay‚degeneration.The Gothic begins with later -eighteenth-century writers’ turn to past; in the context of the Romantic Period the Gothic is a type of imitation medievalism.When it was launched in the later eighteenth century the Gothic features accounts of terrifying expeirences

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    Hopwood Text & Context: Imagination and Reality Due: March 8th‚ 2012 Christian and Biblical References Hidden Within “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Christian and Biblical references have been involved in the craft of writing since the birth of religion; or at earliest‚ the composition of the Bible. Biblical Symbolism in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem‚ which was written in 1797‚ has been widely discussed throughout literary history. Although critics

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    writers are unique in many ways. The profound influence of Coleridge’s " The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" is reflected in Shelly’s "Frankenstein" in terms of narrative structure‚ themes and literary techniques. This essay will compare and contrast the "Frankenstein" extract and the poem‚ "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" in three aspects‚ namely the narrating voice‚ the themes and the literary techniques used. In the "Frankenstein" passage‚ Victor’s creation‚ the creature‚ is the narrator. Here‚ a framed

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    different. Every journey will bring either a large or a small change. Two short stories‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown‚”‚ and Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home‚” and an English ballad written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge titled “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚” all demonstrate in detail the changes a person experiences during a journey. The main characters‚ from the three previously mentioned stories‚ each go on a journey that significantly changes their personal outlook on themselves and with

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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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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the most famous three poems of S. T. Coleridge. It was first published in Lyrical Ballads in 1798‚ a collection of poems that essentially launched the movement known as British Romanticism.  The first version of the poem was entitled The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere‚ and much of the spelling was very archaic (old expression). Modern editions used today appeared in Coleridge’s collection Sibylline Leaves in 1817 that featured marginal glosses‚ explanations

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    Bibliography 1. Comparison of Blade Runner and Frankenstein http://nebolit.com/film/Blade%20Runner/Comparison-Blade-Runner-and-Frankenstein.html (Accessed 6/3/2012) Synopsis Blade Runner is a science fiction film portrayed as a dystopia and Frankenstein a Gothic Novel that was inspired by a vision during a dream. Both texts have a strong focus on nature and the natural and in both texts humans lose control over their man-made creations. Blade Runner and Frankenstein were composed at a time

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    selfish‚ self centered‚ and greedy humans that only care for themselves. In the books of The Crucible and Frankenstein‚ the authors‚ Arthur Miller and Mary Shelley illustrate many characteristic of men such as courage‚ pride‚ and greed. The Crucible takes place in the city of Salem where witch trials and corruption have apprehend the people. In the novel Frankenstein‚ a man name Victor Frankenstein narrates his life‚ the struggles and success‚ and how he ends up in his current situation. Miller and Shelley

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    Grendel and the “Monster” The character of Grendel in John Gardner’s is more appealing than the “monster” in the novel Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley because they both use of first-person point of view‚ they both show how the characters grow‚ and they both have difficult situations in the end. In the book Grendel by John Gardner you are taken on a journey through the mind of Grendel the beast that terrorized the land of old Denmark. In this story you get to experience what Grendel is thinking as

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    The story of Frankenstein has been told around the world in various different ways. I remember the story of Frankenstein to be completely different from what Mary Shelly had written in her novel. I had always remembered Frankenstein being the monster that was created‚ but turns out Frankenstein is the creator of the monster. Despite all the different versions of Frankenstein none of them accurately resemble the true story of Frankenstein. When I first began to read Frankenstein I had no idea what

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