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Date Submitted: 10/21/2004 00:26:38
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 1 pages (406 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 1 pages (406 words)
About the poem
Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the story of the Romantic archetype, the Wanderer, the man with the mark of Cain, doomed to walk the earth alone and alienated from all others. What is presented to the reader is a theme of guilt and remorse, juxtaposed with the background joy of a wedding feast. The audience is unwilling, but is forced to hear the tale anyway. It seems that as …
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…religion and Christianity within the poem. There are several religious references in the poem, for example, God, Christ, holiness and Lord. How does Coleridge use religion to emphasise the Mariner's state of mind? How does the power of prayer help the Mariner? Think about the water snakes.
The Wedding Guest - What is the significance of the Wedding Guest? Or even weddings in particular? Why does the Mariner pick that particular wedding guest?
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