“ Life is really simple , but we insist on making it complicated”(-Confucius).The story, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge explains the way christian faith frames the story. In the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge shows why the mariner wears the albatross around his neck, why supernatural events occur and what is the mariner’s penance.
Initially some evidence that the mariner believes in god are, when the narrator tries to talk to god. For example the mariners says “ and I with sobs did pray, o let me be awake my god , or let me sleep away’’(line 469-471 pg 596) in a way the mariner is trying to contact god in the way he only knows and is begging to have some sort of relief from his torture that results from his curse. The mariner has a curse, that comes from …show more content…
when the albatross falls off the mariner’s neck , it starts to rain’’my lips were wet, my throat was cloud, my garments all were dank : sure I had drunken in my dreams , and still my body drank’’(line 301-304 pg 591) when the albatross fell off the mariner’s neck, he fell asleep and it started to rain while he was asleep. The mariner is able to relieve his torture and drink water, he was denied water when he killed the albatross and was granted water when he saw the beauty of creature made by good and was allowed to live to continue his message.
In conclusion, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner has aspects of christian faith through the Albatross and how it is worn like a cross and how the mariner has to suffer to remove his sins and wear the Albatross as a symbol of his guilt. The story also teaches a lesson about not harming god’s
Initially some evidence that the mariner believes in god are, when the narrator tries to talk to god. For example the mariners says “ and I with sobs did pray, o let me be awake my god , or let me sleep away’’(line 469-471 pg 596) in a way the mariner is trying to contact god in the way he only knows and is begging to have some sort of relief from his torture that results from his curse. The mariner has a curse, that comes from …show more content…
when the albatross falls off the mariner’s neck , it starts to rain’’my lips were wet, my throat was cloud, my garments all were dank : sure I had drunken in my dreams , and still my body drank’’(line 301-304 pg 591) when the albatross fell off the mariner’s neck, he fell asleep and it started to rain while he was asleep. The mariner is able to relieve his torture and drink water, he was denied water when he killed the albatross and was granted water when he saw the beauty of creature made by good and was allowed to live to continue his message.
In conclusion, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner has aspects of christian faith through the Albatross and how it is worn like a cross and how the mariner has to suffer to remove his sins and wear the Albatross as a symbol of his guilt. The story also teaches a lesson about not harming god’s