What Is The Hero's Journey Of The Mariner

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

Connotation: During the reading of the poem “ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, I have noticed that in this poem it contains many different symbols and poetic devices. In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” the albatross is a good token for sailors and sometimes even represented the soul of a lost sailor. Thus killing the albatross is thought to bring bad luck. This is one of the main symbols presented in the poem. Another symbol is that is strongly presented in the poem, Ghost Ship as Wages of Sin. The ghostly skeleton ship carries Death and Life-in-Death. Death, is usually a consequence of an original sin and in this case the killing of the albatross. Life-in-Death is the loneliness, the separation from God, that a sinner encounters before dying.

The sailors are dead and there are lots of them. Slessor’s precise words are "convoys of dead sailors", now, a convoy is defined as any group of vehicles travelling together and together is the key word here. All these dead bodys’ personified actions and feelings are the same. Using muted adjectives "softly" and "humbly" Slessor elucidates how reluctantly but obediently they all come to shore, giving up their contented dawdling of the night before that is depicted through imagery in the line "At night they sway and wander in the waters far under".

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,

This year in ELA I have learned a lot about Grammar,Textual evidence, how to cite a source,ect. ect. Some of the stuff that I would like to talk to you about is about 4 different units that i learned, Memori, Grammar, Hero's journey, and MLA format. I am going write to you about these topics and to start it off we are going to talk about this in the order that I said it ( Memori 1st Grammar 2nd Hero’s journey 3rd MLA format 4th )

Indeed, Shelley’s several allusions to Coleridge’s poem and the parallel plots that Frankenstein’s tragedy shares with the mariner’s tale are intentional references meant to expose her warning purpose. The mariner’s tale is a mirror image of Frankenstein’s—identical yet backwards. The mariner is punished for killing a Christ figure, Frankenstein is punished for vitalizing a demon—both offenses concern the illegitimate use of a godly prerogative and a disregard for the sanctity of life. Captain Walton—the warned—of course, is also a mariner; however, he sails north and the Ancient Mariner—the warner—sailed south. Walton himself is the first to allude directly to the rime saying that he goes “to the land of mist and snow,” yet he swears that he shall “kill no albatross” nor, says he, shall he return “as worn and woeful as the ‘Ancient Mariner’” (33). His vows are ironic, however, because he is saved from that ancient fate only by listening to Frankenstein’s tale which warns him against his hubristic quest for knowledge. Toward the end of the book, Captain Walton weighs his chance for discovery and glory against the lives of his men noting, “It is terrible to reflect that the lives of all these men are endangered through me. If we are lost, my mad schemes are the cause” (181). Happily, Frankenstein’s mariner-like caution proves effective for the captain who heeds the warning and turns back. The second-person

Simon Hatley was an English sailor in the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. He was involved in two hazardous sails on the south Pacific. He was imprisoned by the Spanish during both voyages. During his second Voyage in 1719 Hatley was attempting to sail the “Horn” and killed an albatross during low winds. Hatley’s reasoning behind killing the albatross was that he was black, and considered a bad omen. He believed that once he killed the albatross the good wind would return. It is important for readers to understand the connection between the mariner and Simon Hatley because they go through similar trials. It gives us an insight on the mind of the mariner as a sailor. In the lyrical ballad the mariner does not explain why

This story has the exciting theme of a test of man working in harmony with nature, while also against it. The protagonist is determined to fight defeat with all of his will with honor, pride, and bravery. At the same time, the author adds in foreshadowing, hinting at the sail. Being filled with ugly patches and soot, it symbolizes total defeat. For the marlin, the hook on his mouth symbolizes the exact same thing, but they both keep working toward their end goal. Both of them are completely at realization of another powerful them: to kill, or be killed. It is for the two brethren that a specialized Death looms right around the corner, but they continue nonetheless. The author uses vague and subtle imagery alongside with repetition to describe only the necessary, but not the deeper part of the story. Readers are only presented with the tip of the

When the skipper cannot bear the tragic scene no more, and decides to save all the stricken passengers, Whitman uses a Biblical allusion to add a deeper meaning to the skipper's heroic act. "How he follow'd them and tack'd with them three days and would not give it up, how he saved the drifting company at last" (Whitman 1). The skipper's strife to save the drifting passengers for three days is an allusion to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the Bible, Jesus dies to save mankind from sin, and resurrects three days later. Whitman uses this Biblical allusion to bring the skipper up to the level of Jesus Christ, making the two saviors equal. As the skipper looks onward at the faces of the survivors, Whitman applies imagery to describe the passengers. "How the silent old-faced infants and the lifted sick, and the sharp-lipp'd unshaved men" (Whitman 1). The passengers that survive the ship wreck are no longer the same people that stepped foot on that ship. The image of old babies doesn't describe their age, but their sense of maturity, even though babies cannot be mature. Likewise, the image of the sharp-lipp'd unshaved men doesn't describe their lips and hair, but their burden of being unable to save their own families from the storm, even though that is the duty of a father. At first, it may seem as if the skipper is the sole hero in the poem, but that is not the case. Through "Song of Myself," Whitman

It eventually turns out that those bars of prison are the shadows of Death’s dead and dying ship, but does this not allude to the approaching change in life that the Ancient Mariner suffers? He becomes trapped in life, to wander the earth forever, spreading his story--a prison of freedom, a cell made out of eternal life. A curse disguised as the world’s greatest blessing. He goes further to describe the boat when he says the line, “Are those her ribs through which the Sun/ Did peer, as through a grate?” This is, on one level, merely continuing the same vein of interpretation as mentioned before, both veins. But on another level, it describes the weariness of the Ancient Mariner, and the old and eaten-away shape his body has taken on over the years--his ribs sharp and bony against even the baggy of rags.

“The Seafarer” is written by a sailor who is going through his trials of life, finds God, and wants to share his story with those struggling through their own lives. Sometimes, the activities we love to do in life only tear us down, which I believe occurs throughout this story. Life gets wearing. The hardships and depressing moments from living his life out on the sea make the sailor vulnerable to fully embrace the idea and acceptance of religion. The poem starts out very dark, dreary, and depressing.

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.

In the third and final stanza of the poem, the speaker focuses more on the deadness of the captain. In the first line, the captain doesn’t respond to any of the sailors bequests, and the common analogy of a dead person having pale, still lips is used. Once more, the sailor refers to the captain as his father. The captain is pulseless, which is just another metaphor for dead. In lines 19-20, the ship has finally arrived in the harbor and dropped its anchor, being done with its trip. The speaker once more reminds the readers

A spiritual ship approached the Mariner, as his time has come to pay for his actions. He was faced with the punishment of death or life-in-death, which was internal suffering. Life-in-death was the chosen punishment and his crew began to die as a result leaving only him to live with what he has done.

Many people might say that in the book “ The Old Man and the Sea” by: Ernest Hemingway, there are people who would agree and also disagree with saying Santiago, the old man, is a hero. The old man in the book had gone 85 days without catching a fish, he was called unlucky, he had a boy who cared for him but his parents would not let him fish with the old man because he was not catching any fish so he was not making any money. I Think the old man is not a hero. The old man simply caught a giant fish, although he caught a 1,000 pound fish by himself, he only had brought back a skeleton due to the fact sharks had eaten the fish, he is still considered a hero for catching the fish by himself and returning after days at sea, although he brought