Allusions In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

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In the poem of the the “Rime Of The Ancient Mariner”, there was a mariner who had a misfortunate event that to him it became a sin. It all began with three guests were on their way to a wedding. On the way one of them got stopped by a mariner. Although we never knew the name of both characters, we got to see the horrific event the mariner went through. He told the wedding guest that it started off when he and his crew were stranded in the middle of the ocean for two weeks. The cause they were stuck in the ocean was because they ran into a storm. After weeks after the storm has faded the ship couldn’t move because there was no sign of wind. Later, an albatross appeared and to the mariner’s crew the albatross was a sign from God that has brightened …show more content…

To them it seemed that within this albatross God sent wind to let the ship start moving. Another reason might be is that it also brought fog and rain when it appeared. Also, some of the Christian morals or lens in the poem is that in the end the mariner teaches the lesson within him sins that he has committed. For example, he says that he enjoys praying, and instructs an appreciation and respect for God, God’s creatures, and all of nature. Further, his killing of the Albatross, a great sin and crime, can be seen as an allegorical representation of the Christian stories. Some examples of these representations …show more content…

Also, The sails of the ghost ship are compared to "gossamers" or cobwebs (Part III. Stanza 43). Secondly, the unnatural forces of Death and Life-in-Death are personified as the crew of the Ghost Ship. Life-In-Death is a strange mix of the beautiful and the creepy and evil. “Her hair is like gold, but her skin is diseased like a leper's. The dice game they play represents the random fate of the sailors” (Part III. Stanzas 44-46). The weather was dry-like in the middle of the poem, but so was the Mariner's heart. Dry was compared as dust. For example, “His prayer is halted by a wicked whisper" (Part IV. Stanza 57). The curse of the sailors is even worse than an orphan's curse, which could drag a heavenly spirit all the way down to hell. (Part IV. Stanza 60). A surge of love was in the Mariner when he was looking at the snakes, which was an underground source of water (Part IV. Stanza

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