Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Essay

The mariner in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be looked at just the story teller in this poem. As the albatross is noted to be the central underlining concept of the entire plot and is often looked at as a symbolism of Christ. The mariner is often over looked when there are great discussions of the poem. However, the mariner is more than just the story teller. He could be looked at as a non-believer of Christ and, even to go further, he could be looked at as Judas, one of the first twelve original apostles of Jesus Christ who did not believe in Jesus Christ. The correlation between Judas and the mariner starts from the doubt of Jesus, or in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’s case, the albatross, to the betrayal and killing, and lastly the guilty that remains, but there did not repent for their actions. The mariner keeps up façade as the albatross is first introduced to the crew and him. When the mariner and his crew are in a bind, the albatross appears from the fog and the crew called out to it as a sign of luck. They all were welcoming to the albatross as it guided them from the ice field: As

Though the mariner is wanting to pray, he is not repenting for his actions towards the albatross. His act of betrayal is his ultimate sin against the albatross and he has not apologized for his sinful action. Up until arriving on the land, the mariner is marked with sin as the albatross still hung around his neck as a symbol of sin. In the bible, after Judas betrayed Jesus, he begged for forgiveness, but God refused his plea. Looking at the story in the bible, there is an idea that God refused to forgive because Judas did not repent, but instead felt guilty of his actions. As Judas gave back the money he was given, he, as the mariner has done, tried to pray for forgiveness and had not accepted his responsibility of his betrayal or apologized for his