Draw the significance of Death and Life-in-Death in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner In Coleridge s - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Death and Life-in-Death are two supernatural figures who appear on the Spectre Ship They play a very important role in the poem because they decide the fate of the Mariner and his crew Death and Life-in-Death When the Mariner and his crew are suffering from thirst and heat a ghostly ship approaches Onboard the ship are two supernatural figures Death and Life-in-Death Death is a dark silent figure The Life-in-Death is a ghostly woman with red lips golden hair and pale diseased-looking skin She is described as terrifying like a nightmare The mariner describes The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she Gamble and Significance Death and Life-in-Death play a game of dice They gamble to decide the Mariner s fate Life-in-Death wins the gamble She says The game