Themes In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

(Three Messages From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

How often does someone try to tell you something that they find is important, but you choose to ignore it? What if there is a chance that the things they want to tell you could be life changing. Samuel Coleridge, a great poet and a life long friend of the also well know poet William Wordsworth took this idea into consideration. The writing of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner tells the tale of a young boy who was heading to a wedding party with his friends that was stopped by an older man so he could be told a story. Although hesitant the boy stayed and listen to the story told by an old sailor. Within the story the boy learned three key messages, visiting a church may be more

Regardless of what living form it is it will always be equal to you. For example, segregation was always a violation of this idea because whether you were white or black all men are created equal. This same concept can be applied with the idea of women 's rights. Within the story, the man kills a bird that may have been holy, but regardless of whether it was holy or not the bird was worth no less or no more than the man was. Just because something may be different than another does not give any reason for it to be treated as less. “he prayeth well, who loveth well both man and bird and beast” (lines 6-13-614). With those lines he states that whether it is a man, bird, or beast they should all be treated the

The basic ideas such as everything is equal and should be loved equally. The fact that praying is best when you love. He also address the idea that maybe it is better to go to church with a group of people rather than going to a