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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How does Coleridge begin telling the story in Part 1? In the first line of this poem‚ we meet the protagonist‚ “The Ancient Mariner”‚ who manages to get hold of one of the guests to the wedding that he is attending in order to tell him the story of his 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
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Poetry of English Pre-romanticism: The Ancient Mariner: Anti-Hero or Romantic Hero Student: Benjamin Čišić R CONTENT 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………….. 3 1. Foreword ……………………………………………………… 3 2. The Romantic Hero ……………………………………………… 3 3. The Anti-Hero ……………………………………………… 4 2. Anti-Hero or Romantic Hero? ……………………………………… 6 1. The Ancient Mariner as a Romantic Hero …………………….... 6 2. The Ancient Mariner as an Anti-Hero ……………………… 7 3. Conclusion
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The Importance of Setting Two short stories from the text Portable Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing show readers the importance of setting. “A Worn Path” is a short story that was written in 1940 by Eudora Welty‚ and it takes its place in Mississippi. “Hills Like White Elephants” is a title of short story that was written in 1927 by Ernest Hemingway‚ and it takes its place in Barcelona‚ Spain. The setting of each story helps readers to understand a theme or underlying idea. The story
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126 The Ocean-Desert: The Ancient Mariner and. The Waste Land FLORENCE MARSH WHEN Coleridge’s The Ancient Mariner and T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land are juxtaposed‚ the two poems become mutually illuminating. Nor is the juxtaposition arbitrary‚ since both are essentially religious poems concerned with salvation. In both‚ the protagonist needs to recover from a living death‚ from spiritual dryness. Structurally‚ The Waste Land has almost no narrative thread‚ no story‚ but it sounds motifs that
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Charlotte Bronte. Bronte uses different setting in order to show what the characters are feeling. The setting is often a reflection of human emotion. The setting also foreshadows certain events that are going to occur. A use of setting to portray a character’s emotion is essential to a novel. It gives the reader more of a feel for what is going on. For example‚ when Rochester proposes to Jane. Jane is dazzled and excited about the idea. The setting echoes her excitement‚ "A waft of wind
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The path to becoming an adult is lined with a variety of childhood and adolescent experiences‚ some more painful than others. In T. Coraghessen Boyle’s short story‚ “Greasy Lake‚” Boyle masterfully uses the setting and the protagonist’s experience to teach us an old but vital lesson: those who choose not to learn and grow from their past mistakes are destined to repeat them‚ and thus will never mature and realize their true potential. At the beginning of the story‚ the main character (who also
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A Romantic Rime Romantic literature‚ such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge‚ involves the imagination. The story involves an old mariner who shares his tale with a wedding guest at a wedding procession. This poem is a framed tale since there is a story (of the mariner’s journey) within the actual story (mariner speaking to wedding guest). Also‚ the use of archaic language gives this work its Medieval-like flavor. The gothic elements‚ the appreciation of nature‚ and the emphasis
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are two established writers of the Romantic era. Works by both 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"
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provides a basis for both ’The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and ’Kubla Khan’. Mankind‚ firstly‚ is explored in both poems by placing the human nature in situations where perhaps instinct acts before reason. In RAM‚ the ancient mariner kills the albatross not for need or in distress‚ or for any reason that mariner can deduce the result. He has unknowingly taken on a huge burden‚ and the quest begins to extract all the rash impulsiveness of mankind. The mariner now must search for moral‚ spiritual
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