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    lessons in their literary works. Both Coleridge and Tolstoy teach their readers life lessons by using cautionary tales. In Coleridge’s “The 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

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    English Rime of the Ancient Mariner/ Frankenstein: The poem starts whit three young men walking together to a wedding‚ when one of them is repress by a grizzled old sailor. The young Wedding-Guest angrily demands that the mariner let go of him‚ and the mariner does. But the young man is hypnotized by the ancient mariner’s “glittering eye” and can do nothing but sit on a stone and listen to his strange tale. The Mariner says that he sailed on a ship out of his native

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ a text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ uses repetition to demonstrate the despair of the ancient mariner. Coleridge uses repetition in the lines of the poem which helps readers to understand the despair that the ancient mariner feels. In Part 1‚ the ancient mariner is stranded with his sailors in an icy area where they cannot pass. The sailors grow weary due to the stagnant trip‚ where the mariner’s despair is seen by the description of “ice was here‚ the ice was there

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; is a story that is told in a series of poems. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner focuses on the transformation of the main character‚ the Mariner. The story illustrates the importance of loving other individuals and God’s creation. The story begins with the introduction of the Mariner. The Mariner stops one of three men who are on their way to a wedding. After hypnotizing the wedding guest‚ the Mariner begins to tell his story to him. The

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    Andy Williams Mr. Leonaard ENG 4U1 Tuesday‚ April 17‚ 2012 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Essay The lengthy poem called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written in 1797 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge demonstrates the Mariner’s struggle through the consequences that he is faced with as a result of his actions. This poem is abundant with symbol and metaphor in the manner in which it has been written. The Mariner’s long‚ grey beard and glittering eye‚ the Albatross‚ and the Sun and Moon are all objects

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    Don’t Do Drugs (An analysis of 3 Messages from Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Samuel Colerige was the final poet of the Old Generation poets studied. He was known to be good friends with the famous William Wordsworth‚ and together they wrote the book known as Lyrical Ballads. A book in which was the most famous collection of poetry in that era. One of Colerige’s most famous poems is the poem called Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ a poem about a crazy man telling an insane story. The content of the story

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is explicitly referenced early in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in one of Walton’s letters and also later in the text by Victor Frankenstein. Besides being directly mentioned twice in the novel‚ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner directly parallels Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in layered storytelling structure‚ mirroring of multiple characters‚ and the lesson of limitations with consequences. Both stories represent one prominent theme: isolation

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    The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Barry J. Owens Jr. October 9‚ 2008 Eng. 262-Paper 1 Dr. Liesl Ward The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Have you ever made a decision that you eventually regretted? We make decisons on a daily basis. The decisions that we make have consequences. Some of the consequences are good and some are bad. We should be very careful when making decisions‚ because there are some decisions that you cannot easily change. In Mr. Coleridge’s’ poem‚ “The Rime of the Ancient

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    “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The poem‚ “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a truly imaginative work utilizing the familiar yet timeless themes of good fortune‚ the power of Mother Nature‚ and adventurous voyages over the sea. The Mariner relates the bone-chilling tale of his adventure to a guest at a wedding in his native country. Although the guest succumbs to the Mariner’s tale‚ he is eager to get to the wedding‚ which is about to start

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    Deconstructionism views “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” through a different approach which unveils new ideas to current readers. Under deconstructionist thought‚ people are able to reconsider their own language. Susan Eilenberg traces how the Mariner’s tale does not have a source in order to illustrate how language does not have one set meaning or interpretation. She states that “An alien spirit thus comes to inhabit the body of the Mariner’s speech‚ which…must be regarded as enclosed in invisible

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