Symbolism In Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

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Symbolism of the Albatross The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a story that reflects on the life and decisions of the ancient mariner. This ancient mariner has been through a tough situation that makes him feel the need to express himself and tell his story. This old man, while aboard a ship kills an albatross that appears to be helping guide him and his crew out of a storm. The killing of the albatross took his crewmates by surprise because it was sudden and unjustifiable. Everything that happens next to the ancient mariner and his crewmates can be directly explained by his killing of the albatross. In this story the albatross symbolizes a relationship with God and how we can break it through human effects. Since the Mariner has been there …show more content…

The killing of the albatross by the ancient mariner symbolizes our relationship with God and how we as humans can sever our relationship with God. God is like the albatross; he looks to lead our path in life so that we do not have to encounter the trials and tribulations that the mariner had to go through. He wants to lead us down the right path and have an everlasting bond with him. When the ancient mariner killed the albatross is resembles God’s people sinning and pulling away from God. The relationship was severed when the albatross was killed and as a result the mariner had to go through tough times. God loves us, but sometimes he allows us to go through rocky trails in order for us to recognize we need him and refocus our attention on him, who matters the most. When we are not with God times seem much harder than when we are with him and we have to fight through more adversity and tend to be less happy, but since God is a loving, caring, and forgiving, God he does not let one situation define our relationship with him. He gives us the opportunity to repent and ask for forgiveness for our sins. This is being displayed through the Mariner after he realizes the error of his ways and apologizes for the crimes he has committed against nature. He soon after has an appreciation for nature rather than detesting it. Once the mariner found an appreciation for nature his troubles were in the past and he …show more content…

His encounters on the ship have become life lessons in which now he shares to people in the form of a testimony. As the mariner approaches the wedding guests, he detains one of them because he feels drawn to him. His particular interest in the one wedding guest is not specified, but I believe that old man saw something in the wedding guest that reminded him of himself back in his younger days and wanted to prevent him from making the same mistakes he once did. The Mariner’s interest in the wedding guest helps to show this man that he should change his ways. What ways in which the wedding guest needs to change are not specified, but the mariner did not need to know at that point what it was because he knows when someone needs to hear his testimony to inspire their lives. At first the wedding guest did not want to hear and would not listen to the old man, but the longer the man continued to talk the story of the ancient mariner softened the hardened heart of the wedding guest. The wedding guest is so moved by the speech and as a result he has to leave and never enters the wedding. The testimony of the ancient mariner to the wedding guest is what God wants from his people. The old man learned so many life lessons from his past and once he gained his appreciation for nature, he felt that his story needed to be told. God wants us to tell our story to others to influence them to make the correct choices in life and

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