The+Rime+of+the+Ancient+Mariner


 * QUESTIONS -** //Megan Raverty//

A. The ship has been pushed off course due to a storm and is heading to Antarctica (towards the south pole).
 * Q. WHERE IS THE MARINER'S SHIP BEING DRIVEN WHEN THE ALBATROSS APPEARS?**

A. At first they see it as a good omen that makes breezes blow, then as evil omen that brings the fog. If you kill an albatross, it will bring bad luck; a person or event that brings bad luck is referred to as an albatross.
 * Q. WHAT SUPERSTITIONS DO THE SAILORS ASSOCIATE WITH THE ALBATROSS?**

A. It is becalmed in the Pacific Ocean, near the Equator.
 * Q. WHERE IS THE MARINER'S SHIP BECALMED?**

A. He has the albatross hung around his neck so he suffers in his guilt and shame.
 * Q. HOW IS THE MARINER PUNISHED BY HIS SHIPMATES?**

A. The spirit from the south pole.
 * Q. WHAT AVENGING SPIRIT PURSUES THE MARINER AND HIS SHIP?**

A. Death wins the crew, while life-in-death wins the Mariner.
 * Q. WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF THE DICE GAME BETWEEN DEATH AND LIFE-IN-DEATH?**

A. He blesses the snakes he sees in the water as he sees their beauty for the first time.
 * Q. HOW DOES THE MARINER BREAK THE SPELL HE IS UNDER?**

A. Travelling and telling his tale so he can warn others and teach others not to do what he did.
 * Q. WHAT IS HIS PENANCE?**

A. It is struck by a mysterious force and sucked into a whirlpool.
 * Q. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MARINER'S SHIP?**


 * Q. WHAT EFFECT DOES THE MARINER'S TALE HAVE ON THE WEDDING GUEST?**
 * A. The next day, he is sadder but he is wiser because he has learned from what the Mariner has told him. **

The sun: The poem contains eleven references to the sun, most of which signifies the punishment laid out and the wrath of God. The moon: Things are a lot more peaceful when the sun has set and the moon is out. Tmoon appears fourteen times in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” and represents the loving, peaceful side of God. The Albatross: Recognized as a religious symbol for Jesus or God, guiding them to safety or as a Christian soul. "He prayeth best, who loveth bestAll things both great and small;For the dear God who loveth us,He made and loveth all." The fnal lesson of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." It discusses how we are all created equally and we are all the same. "Water, water, every where,And all the boards did shrink;Water, water, every where,Nor any drop to drink." A famous expression that shows the desperation of the crew.
 * Rime of the Ancient Mariner- Worksheet //by Beth//**
 * Title:** Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 * Author:** Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 * Genre:** A lyrical ballad
 * Historical Period:** Published in 1798 along with other Romantic poets in //Lyrical Ballads.// It is said to be inspired by a dream his friene had.
 * Characters/Relationships:** The mariner: Been punished for killing the albatross and is now doomed to have to tell his story all the time. He tells it to the wedding guest. The wedding guest seems enagaged by the story. There is also Death and Life in Death who are male and female and on board a ghostly vessel.
 * Setting/Plot:** When the poem starts it is at a wedding and the mariner is always telling the story at the wedding. In the poem. the ship is stranded in the middle of the equator. It talks about a mariner who sees an albatross that leads the crew out of the Anartic and to safety. The mariner kills the bird and is forced to wear it around his neck. The ship stops moving. Soon Death and Life-in-death pass by and play dice to decide who gets to claim the souls of who. Life-in-death wins the soul of the mariner and all his crewmates die. When the mariner recognizes the beauty of the water snakes the bird falls off and the ship begins to move. They eventually reach land but a whirl pool claims the ship and the bodies of the crew.
 * Thematic Observations and Symbols:** Respect for nature: The mariner is only free once he recognizes that he and the albatross are equals.
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