The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Willing suspension of disbelief in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" allows readers to accept fantastical elements, crucial for understanding its Romantic themes. Coleridge's use of supernatural...

The ancient mariner's killing of the albatross in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is symbolic of humanity's disregard for nature and the consequences of disrupting the natural order. The mariner's...

The quote "Day after day, day after day . . . Upon a painted ocean" from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" illustrates the ship's motionless state after the mariner kills the albatross. The...

The albatross in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" symbolizes nature and the consequences of disrupting the natural order. Its killing brings a curse upon the mariner and his crew, leading to their...

The albatross is hung around the mariner's neck as a punishment for killing the bird, which the crew initially viewed as a good omen. It replaces a cross, symbolizing the crew's attempt to transfer...

The value of superstition in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is that it can save people from violating God. The crew's superstition around the albatross encourages them to respect God's creation.

It depends on which dream you might be referring to. In Part Two, some of the crew dreamed that the spirits that plagued the ship becalming it and depriving it of rain were caused by the...

When the Albatross approached, the men saw this as a good omen. And from that point on, they had good winds to push their sails. Therefore, they associated the Albatross with this good fortune. For...

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" contains several allegorical elements. The mariner's journey symbolizes a spiritual voyage, highlighting themes of sin, penance, and redemption. The albatross...

According to most interpretations, this long poem is a christian allegory. For example, when he is out to sea all the crew members die but him, the Mariner. For 7 days and 7 nights he has visions...

The argument of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem is that it is wrong to take the life of an innocent creature. The corollary is that those who do so cannot escape divine judgment. The argument fits...

At the start of Part V, the Mariner says "Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing,".  He is finally able to sleep a restful, peaceful sleep.  In the previous part, he finally was able to pray and...

Both "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and the excerpt from In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin use a journey to the South Pole as a metaphor for hell.

This is a tough question. It's tough because there are so many great images in this poem. Picking a single image is a tough choice. From part one, I feel an important and significant image is found...

In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the curse begins when the Mariner kills the albatross, bringing misfortune to his ship. The punishment includes extreme thirst and the death of his crewmates....

The mariner has a supernatural power which enables him to recognize a man who will benefit from his tale and who therefore can be stopped and held in a sort of spell while he listens. The mariner...

In Part 1, the mariner kills an albatross. In Part 2, his crew blame him for killing a good omen. When the fog gets thicker, they agree with the killing, thinking that the albatross was actually a...

Specific lines in Coleridge's poem point to the despair that the mariner experienced.  The reality of killing the bird, the slaughter of the albatross, cast heavy despair in the mariner. ...

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge was written in the late eighteenth-century and is considered typical of the Romantic period. The next major literary period after the...

The climax of Part 3 in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" occurs when the crew dies after encountering the ghostly ship, leaving the Mariner alone. The conclusion follows with the Mariner's...

The mariner's unconsciousness in killing the albatross leads to all the problems that follow. He cannot see that nature is a manifestation of God, and so he shows complete disrespect for God and his...

The Mariner's inability to pray is lifted when he blesses the sea creatures "unaware" and feels a sense of love for them. This spontaneous act of appreciation breaks his curse, allowing him to pray...

"Liminality" is described very much like a philosophical "rite of passage:" ...being on the "threshold" of or between two different existential planes... In Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient...

The Mariner is cursed, evidently by God, for killing the albatross for pure sport or amusement. When he finally manages to return to his home port aboard a ship manned by a ghostly crew, he meets a...

We are told that at the end of Part IV of the poem, the Mariner notices the beauty of the water snakes in the sea surrounding the ship. It is clear that the Mariner is attracted to them for their...

In the middle of a terrible and frightening situation, when the ship has been blown off-course and is surrounded by fog and massive, creaking icebergs that are mast-high, the albatross is the first...

I edited your question to make it slightly clearer, so I hope it still asks the original question that you wanted to ask on enotes. It is clear that the albatross was hung on the Mariner's neck as...

Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" features a protagonist that loses his former self and his shipmates due to a casually careless and cruel act, and is led to regeneration by his...

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is similar to a morality play in its story arc, going from the sin of killing the albatross to the punishment of thirst to the redemption that comes after the...

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is an adventurous and strange tale that follows the mariner’s harrowing journey at sea. The poem includes supernatural elements, such as ghostly apparitions and...

In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the breaking of the albatross' spell occurs when the Mariner blesses the sea creatures, allowing the albatross to fall from his neck. The subsequent avenging...

In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," storytelling serves as a means of penance and moral instruction. The Mariner is compelled to share his tale to relieve his guilt for killing an albatross, a sin...

In Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the Mariner's curse stems from killing an albatross, which symbolizes his disrespect for nature and God. This act leads to the death of his crew and...

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge uses vivid imagery and multiple speakers to convey its themes. Imagery in stanzas 7 and 8 of Part 2 highlights a stagnant, eerie sea under...

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," natural and supernatural elements intertwine to convey themes of respect for nature. The Mariner's killing of the albatross triggers...

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is rich with Romantic characteristics, including a deep respect for nature, the supernatural, and the elevation of the common man. The...