The_Rime_Of_The_Ancient_Mariner

The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, deals with the Mariner's alienation from the subsequent reconciliation with the natural world. The Mariner's shooting of the albatros suggests his alienation from natural life because the albatros is a symbol of good omen. As a result of killing the albatros only bad things will come. What seems to make the albatros fall from the Mariner's neck and leave him momentarily free is reconciliation, meaning a change from bad to good. This symbolizes that the Mariner has finally come to realize the natural life as well as the rest of his surrounding. The Mariner is alienated from the natural world because of the shooting of the albatros. He didn't have any premeditated thoughts about killing the bird. The Mariner just acted on impulse and didn't even consider what may arise from his actions. One way to look at the albatros is as a guiding spirit. The albatros always kept an eye on the Mariner and watched over him from the sky. The Mariner becomes reconciled with the natural world. The Mariner blesses unaware "happy living things", mariner, albatros, natural, world, things, part, mariner's, life, good, bad, overcome, negative, neck, living, killing, ii, change, wedding, time, slimy, shooting, sees, result, perspective, one, omen, level, iv, himself, heart, guest, free, feelings, creatures