Batuhan Koç
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Critical Thinking and Academic Writing
Reyyan Bal
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Nature and Religion
Nature and religion has always been an important part of people’s lives. One can see nature and religion in most of the pieces of arts. As the nature is the source of life, people could not escape from it and have always been in a search for it. In the other hand; as people have a desire to stick some things to believe, religions have always existed. In the 18th century English literature, one can easily see the effects of both nature and religion. As a 18th century poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wrote many pieces in that time. One of them, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, had an important effect on the time that it published. …show more content…
Again, writers of that time didn’t completely give up the nature but they again started to handle religious subjects in their piece of writings. Religion in 18th century was not like that of before the renaissance. It was a ripe thought of religion. There was not a dominance of religion in art but they two were balanced. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner uses religious motifs and symbols. As an characteristic of 18th century, there were a great deal of motifs and symbols in the poem. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner has some gothic and religious symbolism. Religious symbolism in the poem shows the reader the atmosphere of the poem. Though Samuel Taylor Coleridge said that he did not intend to give moral messages in his poem, the interpretations of poem are usually in a religious way. In one example, the Ancient Mariner emphasizes the importance of prayer to show their respect to all the god’s creations.
“To walk to the kirk,
And all together …show more content…
If he is dreaming, then make him keep dreaming so that he live happily in his dream of getting his country safely. In the poem, Sun and moon plays an crucial role.
Poem has its own way of telling the story by mixing religion, nature and another gothic symbols.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner uses natural symbols and motifs to tell the story. Incidents in the poem were all triggered by the Ancient Mariner’s shooting the albatros. Albatross was a part of nature and the Ancient Mariner committed a crime to nature by shooting albatross in its neck. After shooting the albatross, nature showed its cruel face to the Ancient Mariner.
“Water, water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
These lines shows that since the Ancient Mariner killed the albatros, seas stopped fluttering and their ship stuck on his position. After these, the Ancient Mariner began to understand that albatross was a part of nature and he did a wrong thing by shooting it. The Ancient Mariner got free when he paid his penance. It shows reader the power of nature and how desperate the men are in front of it. In moral level, it is the nature’s will that decides if we survive or not. As the Ancient Mariner prayed, he accepted the power of nature that is led by god and showed his respect to nature. Seriousness of his crimes is not important because nature is merciful to men. When it is looked in emotional basis, the Ancient Mariner’s love of nature helped
142401005
Critical Thinking and Academic Writing
Reyyan Bal
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Nature and Religion
Nature and religion has always been an important part of people’s lives. One can see nature and religion in most of the pieces of arts. As the nature is the source of life, people could not escape from it and have always been in a search for it. In the other hand; as people have a desire to stick some things to believe, religions have always existed. In the 18th century English literature, one can easily see the effects of both nature and religion. As a 18th century poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, wrote many pieces in that time. One of them, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, had an important effect on the time that it published. …show more content…
Again, writers of that time didn’t completely give up the nature but they again started to handle religious subjects in their piece of writings. Religion in 18th century was not like that of before the renaissance. It was a ripe thought of religion. There was not a dominance of religion in art but they two were balanced. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner uses religious motifs and symbols. As an characteristic of 18th century, there were a great deal of motifs and symbols in the poem. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner has some gothic and religious symbolism. Religious symbolism in the poem shows the reader the atmosphere of the poem. Though Samuel Taylor Coleridge said that he did not intend to give moral messages in his poem, the interpretations of poem are usually in a religious way. In one example, the Ancient Mariner emphasizes the importance of prayer to show their respect to all the god’s creations.
“To walk to the kirk,
And all together …show more content…
If he is dreaming, then make him keep dreaming so that he live happily in his dream of getting his country safely. In the poem, Sun and moon plays an crucial role.
Poem has its own way of telling the story by mixing religion, nature and another gothic symbols.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner uses natural symbols and motifs to tell the story. Incidents in the poem were all triggered by the Ancient Mariner’s shooting the albatros. Albatross was a part of nature and the Ancient Mariner committed a crime to nature by shooting albatross in its neck. After shooting the albatross, nature showed its cruel face to the Ancient Mariner.
“Water, water everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
These lines shows that since the Ancient Mariner killed the albatros, seas stopped fluttering and their ship stuck on his position. After these, the Ancient Mariner began to understand that albatross was a part of nature and he did a wrong thing by shooting it. The Ancient Mariner got free when he paid his penance. It shows reader the power of nature and how desperate the men are in front of it. In moral level, it is the nature’s will that decides if we survive or not. As the Ancient Mariner prayed, he accepted the power of nature that is led by god and showed his respect to nature. Seriousness of his crimes is not important because nature is merciful to men. When it is looked in emotional basis, the Ancient Mariner’s love of nature helped