The Big Lesson from the Poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge?s ?Rime of the Ancient Mariner? is a piece known to many in some vague way or another. An elderly sailor, a ghostly ship, and the killing of an albatross are all present in many people?s minds, although they may not entirely know the whole tale. Although well-known today, the most activity ?Rime? has seen was in its beginnings. It has its fair share of praise and criticism, praise given posthumously and criticism given while Coleridge was alive. Other than criticisms on the actual text, many people claim that Coleridge borrowed the ideas of others and used them.

As the ghost ship nears, a spell is cast upon the ship and all of the mariner's young crew fall dead. The mariner is able to see the souls of his crew leave their bodies and it is at this point which he begins to feel remorse and guilt. "and every soul, it passed me by, like the wiz of my cross-bow!" (Coleridge 222). the mariner now knows that it was his actions that caused this and must take accountability for what he has done. Coleridge's use of the word "bow" in this quote is very important. It shows that now he does feel remorse for killing the bird because he feels it was as if his own bow killed those men. As the mariner begins to accept all f this information, he begins to realize that this is not his home. This is the home of nature and because he is a guest on these waters, he should appreciate it. "the many men, so beautiful! And they all dead and lie: and a thousand slimy things lived on; and so did I." (Coleridge 236). Now that the mariner has taken responsibility for his actions, he looks to God for forgiveness. Through prayer, he tries to ask for forgiveness but knows that in order to reach it, he must first repent. "I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; but or ever a prayer had gusht, a wicked whisper came, and made my heart dry as dust." (Coleridge 244).

The Odyssey written by Homer can be interpreted as an allegory for life’s journey. Throughput the novel, over a ten year time span the main character, Odysseus, faces many hardships. These difficulties range from craving his wife, to battling mythical creatures. Though in our contemporary working day, one might not be coming into contact with goddesses, we still face the same underlying troubles as Odysseus. One’s present day life journeys can be interpreted through Odysseus’ adventures to depict temptation, distraction, and life’s hard decisions.

In conclusion the ancient greek myths and fables still inspire and teach lessons to people today by showing us some consequences the fables and myths had. Some bad consequences were like in “The Miser” and “The Hen and The Golden Eggs” when they lost their chance to have something good but did not because they did not make the right choice. Some good choices that happened is in Perseus because in that story he was thinking and used his resources wisely and in the end he had accomplished his mission. So to wrap it up the lesson is to appreciate and cherish things

In The Bible Adam and Eve are tempted in the Garden of Eden. Not thinking of how it would affect the future, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, which caused there to be sin in the world. The desires in life unlock new doors for people. The eating of the fruit opened up sin, and in The Odyssey the Sirens showed Odysseus his weakness in life, his hubris, or in other words his ego. The Hero’s Journey archetype and deeper evaluation of The Odyssey help people to see that although temptations unwrap new meaning, they also obscure the focus for the future.

Through the conflicts found in the Odyssey, Homer shows how pride brings catastrophic events to a person’s life, and at the same time exposes how honoring the gods reverses this. First, a conflict between the mortal protagonist, Odysseus, and a cyclop

The third lesson is the moral. Until the last stanza, this is a simple descriptive poem. But the whole theme is wrapped up in the last stanza. That last line. In this poem, students should be able to see how a simple thing like those last two stanzas elevates this to art. Why is one painting of a tree art and their’s is not? How is one story worthy of class time and another not? Theme. Truth. In understanding that last line, they “get” the poem.

8. Name some sentences/quotes within the text the could be considered important to meaning/moral of the story.

    This story has always been told with different variations but in the end the moral would always be either don't judge a book by its cover or treat others the way you would want to

It is at this point that the Mariner begins his transformation; leading him closer to God allowing him to see the beauty in all of God’s creations and creatures as he forms a respect for the presence of God in nature. This reconciliation in the Mariner’s life breaks the curse and shines a light of hope into the eyes of a man who was praying for death. Coleridge

In this always changing world, we all possess the extraordinary power of freewill. The ability to make a wide variety of choices depending on the situation that is presented in front of us, which induces an outcome whether it may be good or bad that is reliant on the perspective. Every single choice you make based on your judgment will affect or make a difference to almost anything that exists on this world no matter how little or big it may be. Samuel Taylor Coleridge uses imagery in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to successfully reflect his emotions about the consequences of one's actions. A wonderful example of imagery is in lines 29 through 32 " All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon."

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.

Also as a symbol for retribution in the poem is the appearance of Life in Death. In Christianity, in order to experience everlasting life in heaven, humans must succumb to death first. Coleridge uses supernatural events to show real life situations in his poem. The real life situation of life in death in Christianity is symbolized as a

     In the timeless novel The Old Man and the Sea, the hero is undoubtedly the old man, Santiago, whom us as readers become very acquainted with. Santiago is a hard-worker and perseveres through every problem nature brings to him. He is in the midst of a horrendous fishing drought, during which the townspeople laugh and ridicule him. Santiago just lets the criticism pass him by because he is confident that the fish of his lifetime is coming soon. In a sense, Santiago represents the ideas of honor and pride. He is also a hero to a young boy named Manolin who conveys the image that the old man is whom he would rather live

“The truest characters of ignorance are pride and arrogance. This quote by Samuel Butler is truer than gold in the two greek myths Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus. The protagonists of both stories boastful,arrogant and prideful natures lead them to their agonizing deaths and downfall. The two myths would be lifeless and stale without the use of of literary elements like conflict,imagery,and and characterization. Conflict shapes the story,Imagery foreshadows and provides color,and characterization develops the characters personalities and behaviors. These elements are how the authors were able to teach the lesson in the theme. The two stories’ main characters, Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus share the same moral theme of a prideful disregard from those elder and wiser can quickly lead to disastrous consequences,existing thanks to these literary elements.