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Similarities Between Frankenstein And The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

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The poem “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” written by Coleridge and the book “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly have a deeper connection then many may think. Both stories have many differences and similarities through the setting, theme, and characters. In these reads, both touch the same theme in a poetic way. In “Frankenstein” and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” links to romanticism, the supernatural that merges the relationship between nature and human beings with no normal events that occur. Both Frankenstein and Mariner are two men who seem to be cursed and submerged in pity and guilt by the deaths they think they have caused to happen; due to their own selfishness. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” the mariner feels guilty for killing the

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