Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," has been widely criticized, discussed and interpreted ever since it was written in 1797. ... This thought of good and evil, symbolic religious events, and natural life are the points that Coleridge made relevant in his brilliant poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."" ... Reference Guide to English Literature, 2nd Edition, edited by D.L. ... The Ancient Mariner: Modern Literary Criticism. www.arts.valberta.ca/~dmail/mariner/stccrit1.htm 3. ... "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,"" Adventures in English Literature, Holt, Ri...

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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. ... One way to look at the albatros is as a guiding spirit. ... The Mariner becomes reconciled with the natural world. ... The result of this blesssing is a change in the Mariner from bad to good. When the albatros falls from the Mariner's neck it shows that the spell is broken and the Mariner is free again. ...

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