Christian Coleman Shikira Bills Jerrica McDowell Brittney Tate Authors Biography Samuel Taylor Coleridge Born October 21 1772 Ottery St Mary Devon England Died July 25 1834 ID: 570954
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The Rime Of The Ancient Marnier
Christian Coleman
Shikira BillsJerrica McDowellBrittney TateSlide2
Author’s Biography
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Born : October 21, 1772Ottery
St. Mary, Devon, England
Died : July 25, 1834
Highgate
, England
Occupation : Poet, Critic and Philosopher
Notable Work(s) : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner &
Kubla
Khan
Founder of The Romantic Movement
Education : University of CambridgeSlide3
Historical Background
1830 - first railroad
1831 - Copyright Act of 1831 (first to include music) 1848 - Gold Rush 1849 - Bach Society founded by William Bennet Industrial Revolution in Europe Growth of Capitalism and Socialism Crimean War (1854-1856) 1857 - Second Great Awakening in America American Civil War (1861-1865) 1863 - Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
1865 - Lincoln assassinated
1865 - Slavery abolished in America
1869 - Suez Canal opens
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
1877 - Thomas Edison invents sound recording (phonograph)
1881 - Tsar Alexander II assassinated
1881 - President Garfield shot
1881 - Panama canal built
1886 - Statue of Liberty unveiled in New York
1898 - Spanish-American WarSlide4
Poem Summary
In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, there are three guys who are attending a wedding . As they approach the
entrance they are stopped by an old sailor ( the Mariner). He holds them against their will by using his hypnotic eyesAnd begins to tell them about his dangerous sea adventure, through Antarctica, how he and his crew ended up in a foggy ice
Field, and how they came across the Albatross(used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden that feels like a curse).
The albatross helps them and steers them through the journey but the Mariner shoots the Albatross with a crossbow.
Furthermore, after the murdering of the Albatross bad luck began to arise, they get lost, they run out of water, everyone is
Mad at the Mariner for what he has
done, and
bad spirits begin to haunt the crew on the
ship so the crew members decide
Hang the Albatross around the Mariners neck to remind him of his deed.
The journey continues, the crew is dying of thirst. They come also come across another ship which was piloted by two bad
Spirits which causes everyone on the ship but the Marnier to die.Back to the three guys, the guys, with quickness they says he is a ghost, and replies by saying he is the only one who survived
On his journey. He continues about how he traveled on the ship with dead bodues, and how he was haunted by slimy
Water snakes. He blesses them the curse dropped and the albatross around his neck fell into the ocean. He falls asleep, he
Wakes from a storm where he see his dead shipmates arise and the ship headed into the direction to get him home, but
Two voices , the spirits, are controlling the deceased crew and is steering the ship. They also reminds him of killing the
Albatross and how he still has to be punished.
He makes it to shore, he is glad, but as soon as he gets off the ship his ship sinks and as the someone came to rescue him from
Shore he is desperate to tell his story and is in pain until he tells his story. He is still in pain which is why he tells the three
Guest for the wedding. He wraps up his story by saying he needs to say his prayers and love people and things. After that long
Story the guest no longer goes to the wedding and the Marnier goes home.Slide5
Poem Analysis
Thesis Statement :
In the poem, Rime Of The Ancient Marnier, Samuel Taylor Coleridge gives us, the readers,A representation of how the living and the supernatural are and can be connected throughout life. Theme & Tone : The two major themes are the Natural world and The
S
piritual world and how they
intertwine with one another . Another theme would be imprisonment because it also shows how he
grew loneliness and he was tormented throughout his journey on sea.
Symbolism is the major analysis of poem. Some examples would be the weather since the entire story was about
his adventure on sea, the icy parts of
Antartica
, as well as the bad storms that occurred.
T
he moon : the white moon illuminates on him as he travels through the fog. Also in Part 6, 111 "Still as a slave before his lord, The Ocean hath no blast;
His great bright eye most silently Up to the Moon is cast— .“
As the crewmembers
Arisen the moonlight was in there eyes, showing that the moon was calling the shots in the adventure
.
Most importantly the Albatross : The Albatross’s intentions were to help but when the Marnier murdered him
His bad luck began to haunt him which cause his whole journey to painful, left him isolated, and constant suffering. Slide6
Conclusion
In this poem the author teaches us that a thoughtless act can cause a lifetime of suffering and regrets.
He uses the lifeless mariner to tell the story to the guys that pass by. The poet emphasizes that we need to be mindful of our deeds, pray, and love and everyone and everything.Slide7
Work Cited
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
. “The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.” 1798, 25 April 2013http://poetry.eserver.org/ancient-mariner.html
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http://www.shmoop.com/rime-of-ancient-mariner/“World Events” Web April 29 2013http://www.classicalscore.com/romanticperiod.htm