Essay/Term paper: The rime of the ancient mariner

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor

Coleridge Part 1 a old man stops one man out of three that

were walking down the street to go to a wedding the man is

a relation of the married the man tries to get away but the

old man grabs the man with his skinny hand the man is held

there by the glitter of the old man"s eye the man is listening

intently "Like a three years" child" the old man has the man"s

attention the wedding guest sat down on a stone the mariner

went on with his story the boat was anchored by a kirk

KIRK- church EFTSOONS - unhand me ship was sailing

south because sun came up on the left side of the boat they

sailed closer to the equator every day because the sun came

overhead MINSTRIL - musicians the bride has started to

walk down the isle and the music is playing the old man

carries on there was a storm at the equator the storm drove

them to the south pole the storm was very strong they went

through mist and then it started to snow it became very cold

they went by very large chunks of ice floating through the

water (icebergs) there was nothing but ice and snow and

there was no animals, just ice an albatross flew over after a

few days the men were happy to see it because they needed

hope the men fed it the ice broke in front of the boat and

then they sailed through the ice to safety a good south wind

helped them sail north the bird followed them KEN - know

something NE"ER - never VESPERS -days the bird stayed

with them for nine days the ancient mariner shot the

albatross with his cross bow HOLLOW - called albatross

PART II burst of sea - ship wake there was no more bird

following the boat (the felt alone again) they ran out of food

the people on the boat cursed at the mariner for killing their

omen of good luck the wind had stopped Gods own head -

sun averred - swear, agree to they thought that the bird had

brought the fog because the fog had cleared after the bird

died the breeze stopped and the boat stopped the sky was

clear and it was very hot they were at the equator because

the sun at noon was above the mast they stayed there for a

few days without wind it was like they were a painting

"Water, water, everywhere," they could not see anything

except the water "Nor any drop to drink." there was no

more water to drink the water was churning a spirit had

followed them from 9 fathom deep-6 feet deep under the

boat no one could talk because their tongues had swollen,

because of the drought the people tied the albatross around

the neck of the mariner PART III after quite a while the

mariner saw something in the distance tack and veer - take

advantage of a side wind the mariner bit his arm and drank

blood to tell that there was a boat coming there was no wind

or tide but the boat still moved there are two people on the

boat the man is the grim reaper the woman is life in death the

ship was only a skeleton of a ship the two played dice for

the crew life in death won there was no sunset but from light

to sudden dark each of the men on the boat died and cursed

the mariner with open eyes 200 men died one by one in a

sudden thump the mariner watches the men"s souls leave

their bodies they all went by the mariner like arrows from his

crossbow PART IV the wedding guest is afraid that the

mariner is a spirit and becomes scared the mariner tells him

that he was the only one to survive the mariner was all alone

on the ship "a thousand thousand slimy things" maggots that

are eating the bodies the mariner really feels alone when he

cannot pray the flesh fell from the bones "cold sweat melted

from their limbs," they did not rot or smell bad they still

stared at him the mariner lived for seven days and nights

after the men died and he could still not die the things on top

of the water made the mariner feel like he was no longer

alone "O happy living things!" the mariner blessed the living

things at that same moment the mariner could pray because

he felt that someone was listening to him the albatross fell off

his neck and sunk into the sea PART V the mariner could

finally sleep he thinks that Mary sent him sleep from the

heavens he had a dream that dew was coming down it

started to rain in buckets he drank more than he thought he

could and he still continued to drink the wind started to roar

the wind did not come very close but close enough to shake

the sails and make the boat move he could see the moon at

the edge of the cloud that gave him wind and rain lightning

fell straight down the dead men gave a groan the dead rose

and started to walk on the deck the helmsman steered and

the rest worked the ropes the body of his brother"s son

stood by the mariner the mariner wanted to help him with the

rope but the boy would not let him the wedding guest is

scared of the mariner again This was a way to forgive the

mariner for killing the bird the men died later in the morning

around the mast birds filled the air and were singing the spirit

made the ship move the sound of the sails were "pleasant"

there was no wind but the boat kept on moving the wind

stopped moving at noon and the boat also stopped the boat

moved back and forth in the water the boat moved quickly

and then the blood went into his head and the mariner was

knocked out he doesn"t know how long he was there but he

woke up hearing two voices the one man loved both the

albatross and the man who shot the bird they agree that the

mariner has paid his penance but he should continue to do

so. PART VI all of the men were looking at the mariner

when he woke up the mariner could not pray again but then

the curse finally broke the ship flew through the air and went

very fast it flew him back to his own country if it is a dream

he wants the dream to last forever the wind chaser was

steady upon the kirk a man of all light stood upon every

corpse all of them waved to the mariner he was happy that

they all forgave him before they went to heaven the piolot

and his son came in a boat to see the men in the mariner"s

boat the hermit also came and the mariner believed that the

sins would be washed away PART VII the hermit likes to

talk with mariners the men in the small boat do not know

where the ship came from the men notice the bad shape of

the boat and its sails the hermit was afraid of the boat but

insisted on moving on the mariners ship suddenly sank when

the rowboat came upon the mariners ship the pilot saved the

mariner. the mariner was knocked out by the crash of the

boat and he was lying in the water the rowboat was spinning

in the whirl that was caused by the sinking ship the mariner

spoke and the pilot was amazed and he "fell down in a fit"

the hermit then prayed the pilot"s boy took a fit the boy

thought that the mariner was the devil the hermit had a hard

time standing when they got back to land the mariner must

travel to different lands for the rest of his life and tell the

story he can speak any language just as long as someone will

listen the wedding was over and everyone came out of the

church the bridesmaids are singing mariner tells wedding

guest that he must love man and all animals the mariner is

gone and the wedding guest is stunned when he walks

toward the church but he is wiser man but he is sad for the

mariner