The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Poetry | Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Short Note on Supernaturalism in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."

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Write a short note on Supernaturalism In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Or Comment on Supernaturalism in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Supernaturalism is the representation that is beyond human reach In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by the romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge - we see the use of supernatural forces In this writing I will show you the supernatural forces used in the poem Mysterious Albatross Encounter The poem's first and foremost supernatural element is the killing of the mysterious bird Albatross At one point in the poem the Mariner kills the Christ-like bird The Albatross symbolizes both good and bad luck throughout the story The unnatural qualities of the Albatross are apparent in the Mariner's portrayal At length did cross an Albatross Thorough the fog it came As if it had been a Christian soul We hailed it in God's name nbsp In his

narration the Mariner tells the wedding guests that they think of the bird as God's creation like them They welcome it and it makes their ship run Death and Life-in-Death These two are also supernatural forces They arrive at the sailor's ship by the specter ship They gamble on the deck of the phantom ship to win the Mariner and Crew's life Death wins the two hundred crews and takes away their life Life-in-Death claims the Mariner and brings intolerable suffering to him Let it be evident in a quotation The Night-mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she Who thicks man's blood with cold Curse of the Dead Albatross The ancient Mariner suffers from a curse after killing the Albatross His sudden killing of the bird brings suffering to the ship and its crew The curse is expressed with a supernatural quality in the following manner Instead of the cross the Albatross About my neck was hung The dead Albatross around the Mariner's neck tangibly symbolizes the supernatural curse he must bear Redemption and Release After his long curse the Mariner gets released His redemption comes through his love for a miniature sea creature He realizes the value of all living creatures It is in his tongue He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all Here the poet says they pray to God earnestly who loves all the creatures equally In termination supernatural elements are essential to form the poem's moral and thematic aspects Combining the natural and supernatural worlds creates an atmosphere of mystery consequence and eventual redemption for the Mariner This displays the effects of shattering the natural order and the power of spiritual refinement

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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