Albatross

depiction of isolation is during the Mariner’s story, his ship is blown into the Arctic and there is not a single living thing around. Eventually, however, an albatross flies by and the crew, “as if it had been a Christian soul…, hailed [the albatross] in God’s name,” which shows that the bird is a symbol for God, and when the Mariner kills the albatross with his crossbow,…

of blind faith. The killing of the Albatross represents the first leap that Coleridge took in breaking away from his faith and stepping towards the belief that he himself would be perfectly capable of handling all of the trials and tribulations of life without the divine intervention of a higher power. Coleridge, who identified with the Unitarian beliefs of Victorian England set his original act of defiance to the faith of the time in the murder of the Albatross, which in the situation of the…

The Equilibrium of the Natural World and of Man It is beyond the shadow of a doubt that in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the natural world has a great deal of power. This is obvious and is seen many times throughout the story, occasions where the natural world dominating man. There is a very clear give and take relationship between the spirits of nature and the physical world. Any action from man will warrant a consequence from nature. The Rime of the…

In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, supernatural thoughts can be misthought. But most of all, all the supernatural items came to be more of a superstition. The fact the crew had all superstition in the albatross showed a message. As stated on page 823, lines 63-66, “At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God’s name.” Even many today believe…

in which mother nature possess. One example that mother nature can be so cruel, and so powerful is when the mariner kills an Albatross, the bird that signifies land. Once he killed the bird he gloats and disrespects the animal in which he just killed. The crime that he committed was rightfully punished by mother nature, and how she saw fit. “At length did cross an Albatross”(817-819) This line shows the name…

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge is an eerie and supernatural tale of crime, punishment and repentance. The Mariner commits a crime at sea by killing an Albatross, and what follows is a bizarre line of events to punish the Mariner and the crew for their crimes. Morality plays an important role throughout the poem to inform the readers perception of the Mariner's actions. Symbolism is used to help support moral elements of the story and add depth to the narrative. Lastly the…

but he can't pull himself away from this great story teller. The Mariner begins his story. They left port, and the ship sailed down near Antarctica to get away from a bad storm, but then they get caught in a dangerous, dense foggy ice field. An albatross shows up to guide them through the fog, but the Mariner decides to shoot it. Soon the sailors lose their wind, and it gets really hot in the sun. They run out of fresh water, and everyone turns blame to the Mariner. The ship seems to…

extraordinary journey at the sea with no land in sight. The vessel aboard the open water symbolizes Coleridge’s train of imagination far away from the realisms of life. The albatross was initially considered a good luck charm because he once led the ship to safety from the icy antarctic water. So after the mariner kills the albatross, the crew is scared as they are convinced the crime will solely result in penalty by the power of the sea. The crew is clearly proven correct, as spirits and…

feelings of unhappiness and emptiness. The Mariner shoots the Albatross, a bird that has kind intentions of befriending the Mariner and his crew. His rationalizes for himself and his crewmates that the Albatross brought fog to the ship and it would have been difficult to continue on their voyage. Truthfully, the Mariner is unthinking and does not hesitate to shoot a bird that represented love and care for others. In killing the Albatross, the Mariner is shooting his own spirit or soul because…

determines the strength of the consequence. Whether it will be short and simple or long and horrific. The mariner in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Taylor Coleridge finds this notion out the hard way. He decides he is going to shoot down and albatross with a bow, just for the heck of it.…