Forgiveness In Marinere's View Of Sea Snakes

As the boat drifted away “the fisherman went blind with uncontainable rage. ‘Get back down there where you belong!’ he screamed” (377). The fisherman, in pure shock and disbelief of his imminent doom, lashed out at the boys he loves so dearly. While his words try to shelter the boy from the reality of the situation, it is his inability to conceal his anger that instead allows them to understand what is happening. The fisherman tries to take control of a situation he clearly cannot control, “Dad,’ asked the boy steadily, ‘what do we do now?’...’The first thing we have to do,’ he heart himself saying with infinite tenderness… ‘is think” (378). Before he can even think of what to do, the fisherman is trying to instruct others and, ultimately, save them. As the fisherman develops his plan for their rescue, the situation grows more dire and the inevitability of their fate grows more apparent. The fisherman’s actions in the face of imminent danger exemplify his protective leadership and will to

The symbolism in the “Rhyme of the ancient mariner” is said to be an impossible representation of the Christian story of reconciliation from sin, redemption and forgiveness for that sin, but the symbolism in this poem clearly contradicts those views. The poem is one of a great sin committed against nature and the supernatural - being God - and how the wrong doer was redeemed from that sin and his journey into realigning what he had done. The Mariner was punished for his sin by the supernatural and forces of nature while he was glorified by his crew mates for his skill that was shown in killing the albatross with a crossbow. This is often true in Biblical stories and modern day where one is glorified for earthly talents and is given fame, but what they are famous for contradicts God and his law. Other aspects of Christianity are embedded in this poem as well that are easily overlooked like when the Mariner prays to some force he does not know. He is guilty for his transgression and knows what he has done is wrong although the sin was committed with ill will not intended. Lastly this poem displays a value important to Christianity, but also to all other ideologies and the is the topic of justice for crimes committed and the Christian aspect of thats once justice is served salvation is needed and redemption takes place. All of these values presented by symbolism throughout this poem all point toward the idea that the story of the Mariner was meant to serve as an example of the

The reason that I think this is the lesson that this poem is trying to teach is because the mariner did a bad thing of killing the albatross just because and bad things started happening to him. It is kind of like karma because he disrespected the albatross’s natural state and so his journey started going bad and all of his crew mates died. “O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware. The self-same moment I could pray; And from my neck so free” in this quote it almost seems that when the mariner started really regretting his mistake and he blessed the snakes, things started going back to normal and the curse was lifting but he is still paying for his mistake because he still has that burn inside of him to tell people of his story that he will never get rid of.

There are many weird things that happen after mariner shoots the Albatross. One of the things that happened is after he killed the bird “fog and mist” started to form around the (Coleridge 100). Another event that happened was “the sails dropt down” and the breeze stopped (Coleridge 107). They was a “Spirit that plagued” them and yells “‘The game is done! I’ve won! I’ve won!’” after she killed all of the ship members except the mariner. (Coleridge 198)

Each character begins the process of forgiveness by initially rejecting reconciliation because of their anger. The rejection for Joseph begins with him playing games on his brothers when he instantly recognizes them, “And Joseph recognized his brothers but they did not recognize him…” (42:8-9). Joseph does not forgive his brothers instantly. Eventually though Joseph does forgive his brothers and he does so because the end results of the all of his trouble was all meant for him by God. But Joseph did not come to this conclusion throughout the narrative. Instead he knew that it was all God’s plan when he first saw his brothers. When he first saw his brothers Joseph remembered his dreams, “...And Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them…” (42:8-9).

The Mariner’s tale suggests a larger lesson about human life, expressing that humans are not superior to the rest of Creation and nature. Humans and all other life are equal inhabitants on planet Earth and must therefore treat each other with respect

By killing the albatross, the Mariner sets in motion Christianity’s idea that all except Jesus are sinners, but through repentance one can seek forgiveness and ultimately salvation. However, Coleridge poses a dichotomy regarding the transparency of forgiveness in this ballad. After the Mariner blesses the snakes, the reader presumes the curse was lifted and forgiveness was granted. Although the “Albatross fell off, and sank Like lead into the sea” (288-91), the Mariner was compelled to serve a long-term penance of continually repeating his tale, also serving as a constant reminder of his sin. Where as Christianity teaches that by repenting one achieves forgiveness, Coleridge enacts the idea of retribution in order for the Mariner to ultimately attain God’s forgiveness. For example, one of nature’s punishments taunts the Mariner with extreme thirst, causing him to cry out:

“I falsely hoped to meet the beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding.” The creature, so noble, was unable to even access the hearts of man. This being was no monster, but a misunderstood person. The creature wants to make friends, but all turn him away. Even when he save a man’s daughter from drowning, the likes of man tossed him aside as if nothing had happened. He was rewarded with a pain and torture, even after he had received earlier pain from the De Laceys, when he had tried only to help.

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but enlarges the future” -Paul Blose. When you don’t forgive others it is like a burden on yourself. When you hold a grudge it does more harm to yourself than the other person. People make mistakes. If you never forgave them you couldn’t be happy; you will always be angry at that person and you would be miserable. Forgiveness allows someone to clear their conscience and move on with their life. Forgiveness is a theme of The Red Kayak because Brady needs to forgive Digger and J.T. for going behind his back and drilling a hole in the kayak.

He illustrates his belief that he does not need the good luck of the Albatross. He decides to severe his bonds with the universal cycle of life and love. Following the execution of the Albatross, the Mariner’s luck suddenly changes. He experiences the punishment that comes with the moral error of killing the Albatross. The punishment is isolation and alienation from everything but himself. Thereafter, the "Nightmare," the life in death, kills his crew. He is lost at sea, left alone in the night to suffer, and he has detached from his natural cycle. The Mariner proclaims his misery when he says, "Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! / And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony". To the Mariner, nature has become foreign. The execution of the Albatross causes physical and spiritual decay.

For reasons not specifically mentioned in the text, the mariner kills the albatross, which can be easily related to a couple of infamous Christian sins.

Symbolically, the sea is what keeps him apart from the world and that creates exile. There are a lot of symbols and images being used to prove the writer's point: "In icy bands, bound with frost, with frozen chains, and hardship groaned around my heart." (9-11). The images represent how he feels and how he sees his life at that moment. Symbolic gestures such as, "The song of the swan might serve for pleasure, the cry of the sea-fowl, the death-noise of birds instead of laughter, the mewing of gulls instead of mead." (19-22), suggest that sounds can play an effect on a person.

Four varying viewpoints exist concerning what or who the mariner represents, the first being the superficial idea that he is simply the wise old man who imparts wisdom to the younger generations (Williams 1116). Going beyond the literal connotation, the most common and supported argument it that the mariner represents the Christian sinner. The diction chosen by Coleridge often alludes to Christianity, examples include “Christian soul”, ”God’s name”, “[i]nstead of the cross…about my neck was hung”, and “Dear Lord in Heaven” (Coleridge 1616-1632). Howard Creed believes that the mariner is symbolically a poet, due to the fact that he learns “the great truth about the world they live in” and then attempts to communicate it to others through the art of a story (221). The final possibility is that the mariner represents a mother. Repeated connection to conventionally female things like the sea, motherhood, spontaneity/irrationality, and nature begins to support this conclusion. The role of instructing the young, in this case the wedding guest whom “listens like a three years’ child” is also traditionally female, further developing the argument (Coleridge 1616). Overall, the poem is an exemplar at employing Coleridge’s idea of symbol to use the ordinary to show the transcendent, especially Christianity, yielding that the second option is the preeminent choice.

Once upon a time there was a sea. The name of the sea was octaves, in which there was the rule of sea god. The sea god was full of divine soul with full of strength and has a trident always in his hand. The name of the sea god was Octarius. He was the god of luck and fortunate. And his nature was kind and angry both. Octaves sea was full of water mermaid, fish, octopus, sea horse,shark,tortoise and many other water animal. Out of all water mermaid was the guideline body of the sea. Water mermaid is a dangerous organism. she can take the life of the people with her poison. But being kind, she has a love also. Even water god has the love also.

In “The Seashell” Alomar uses diction to show the perspective of the seashell about the ocean. There are differents way to describes feelings, actions,places, but Alomar uses the darkest wording to prove his point. For example, “The rivers of blood,” the word choice in this phrase is really dark and violent (1). Blood makes you think of people getting hurt and dying; In a river there is always a lot of water and in this case, water is replaced with blood. This is a gruesome illustration of the extent to which there is bloodshed. Another choice of words that shows darkness and pain are “tears.” (1). People often cry when their loved ones die, and thus, death is a main idea portrayed by the author. One way that many people die is by drowning. Thus, it is possible that the seashell heard people cry for their loved ones who died in the ocean. Through the death of their loved ones many families were caused unimaginable sadness and pain. Kids don’t just suffer, some of them will have to take care of themselves for the rest of their lives. There are kids that don’t have a father and mother because of their parents died. They become “orphans”(9), they lose their parents and they don’t a person to guide through right path. They have to face this horrible world without any support. Many people think the life is a beautiful thing, but the reality is that the many lives are destroyed