Neil Cook 's Maritime Exploits

The Skipper begins to tell his tale by bringing light to his past and the battles he has fought in using details. Chaucer wrote,“When he fought, the enemy vessel sank, he sent his prisoners home.” (409) to give a visual of the Skippers performance in battle. In this quote Chaucer portrays the skipper as a pirate but merciful to the people who has already defeated and and took from. He was confident throughout his battle, never letting up until he felt like the overall goal was met. Another example describes his demeanor and how he presents himself, “Hardy he was, prudent in undertaking.” (415) during the time of his battles. In this quote Chaucer uses detail to characterize the Skipper as confident and cautious about every move he made on and off the battlefield. It was

In 1755 Herefordshire, England, William Eggleton was conceived. William's family was exceptionally poor likewise, he was a laborer with very little cash so was compelled to steal. 39 shillings worth of attire was taken on his behalf. At 31 years old his trial was held on Wednesday, 22 March 1786. William was discovered liable of robbery in this manner was sentenced 7 years of transportation to Australia. 13 May 1787, came the depature of William who travelled on the "Alexander." As this was the first arrangement of vessels to leave England with convicts, it was known as the First Fleet. 195 other male convicts travelled with him for 241 days until they achieved the shore of Botany Bay on the 18th January 1788.

Both the ‘Odyssey’ and ‘1001 Nights’ feature male protagonists who traverse the seas, and the concepts and themes of men seafaring is common throughout most canonical texts. For example, the allusion of Odysseus’ difficult journey is made when a minor male character in Apuleius’ ‘The Golden Ass’ describes his seafaring adventures as being ‘positively Ulyssian’ (‘Ulyssian’ thus being a reference the Roman naming of Odysseus) (pg 29). Furthermore, both texts share themes, such as: seafaring, the supernatural, trials and tribulations, tradition, belief systems, and the geographical setting and pride in the protagonist’s home city play a key role to the overarching plots of the texts in the sense of the protagonist’s endurance and motivation to both leave and return home. Likewise, the supernatural is used to further the plot of both texts.

In 1497, King Henry VII granted John Cabot to sail a voyage to find a route to Asia. Our crew consisted of 18 men. We sailed for awhile, with small food rations for each of us. Cabot was barbarous to us. He made us work, while he did not make any such effort to assist us on the ship. He was a dreadful captain and should not have been chosen for the voyage.

Mr. and Mrs. Rowlandson created four children together. Two of their children were killed in their early stages of life. One of

“Great captain a fair wind and the honey lights of home are all you seek. But anguish lies ahead; the god who thunders on the land prepares it, not to be shaken from your track, implacable, in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded. … Though you survive alone bereft of all companions, lost for years, under strange sail shall you come home, to find your own house filled with trouble: insolent men eating your livestock as they court your lady. Aye, you shall make those men atone in blood! … Then a seaborne death soft as this hand of mist will come

Finally looking at them he stared and slowly placed the paper at the top of his cluttered desk, turning to the two men and sighed the first words, "More of this madness.” Gazing out the window he continued, “For months this town has been unsettled and upset because of these damn requests and these damn ships. Were you present yesterday at the fight at the waterfront?” They shook their head no. “Over the most unbelievable thing,” he shook his head as if scolding school boys. “It seems that one of the sailors, a questionable man he must be, to go on this voyage and perhaps with a bit too much drink in him, told your Captain that,” here the shop keeper played the part of a drunk, “Aye, the 'La Gallega' was a most awkward ship for such a voyage!”

The poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a truly imaginative work utilizing the familiar yet timeless themes of good fortune, the power of Mother Nature, and adventurous voyages over the sea. The Mariner relates the bone-chilling tale of his adventure to a guest at a wedding in his native country. Although the guest succumbs to the Mariner’s tale, he is eager to get to the wedding, which is about to start. Coleridge chose this occasion for the poem as a form of irony, by providing a stark contrast between the two atmospheres and situations in his poem. The moods of weddings are usually joyful and jubilant, emphasizing love and the union between

“I did at first, mama. Although throughout my voyage I got ill, and the captain provided me with tips to fight my illness. He recommended me to spend my days on deck and enjoy the view of the vast seas.” I found my families eyes staring into me as if they were dragging out my secrets. I casted down my eyes, yet held my posture. I knew I had to lie.

In another case, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” tells a story about an old sailor, the Mariner, and his long and difficult journey across the ocean. The Mariner stops a man going into a wedding, who is called the Wedding-Guest, and insists on telling him his tale. In the beginning of the Mariner’s journey, his ship gets stuck in a never ending field of ice and fog. They have no way of moving, but then,

It is evident through vivid descriptions that sailing and navigating the waters is a specialty of Philbrick. As Brown University’s first Intercollegiate All-American sailor, Philbrick has won the Sunfish North Americans and has edited books about his apparent passion of sailing including The Passionate Sailor, Second Wind, and Yachting: A Parody. Through these achievements Philbrick makes it clear that his specialty has always been related to the ocean. Another specialty of his, shown from the beginning of his writing career to the present, is his interest in producing historical works, with his own writing style integrated into these books. Philbrick has two main specialties that he sticks to and as a result of this his works follow a common

Smith remembers the suffering him and the other colonists went through and has a small boat prepared with a crew to go search for food. In the meantime, he makes several journeys on his own and discovers the Chickahominy tribe.

Neil Finn was born in Te Awamutu in New Zealand in 1958. He grew up in the small village as the youngest child to his father, an accountant, and his mother, an Irish immigrant. His Catholic upbringing and family centered lifestyle centered on music, with his mother playing piano and he and his brother, Tim, taking music lessons. Yet his father was ironically tone deaf.

It’s easy to tell that the ocean is a mysterious and isolating place from all of the tragic tales we hear from sailors both real and fictional. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and an anonymous author’s “The Seafarer” are quite similar in that they both revolve around said tragic tales told by sailors. However, there seem to be more commonalities between their themes, tones, and messages rather than their seaward-bound settings. But before we can discuss these similar settings and deeper themes, we have to tackle their origins.

As the ancient Mariner described his adventures at sea to the Wedding-Guest, the Guest became saddened because he identified his own selfish ways with those of the Mariner. The mariner told the Guest that he and his ship-mates