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D. Shelton-- Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Characters (Wedding Guest (He is…
D. Shelton-- Rime of the Ancient Mariner 
Plot
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- Ship is freed from peril.
- The ship is caught in ice and fog.
- The Mariner kills the Albatross.
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Characters
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- Albatross
An Albatross is a very large seabird related to the shearwaters, and have long narrow wings.
He is unnaturally old, with skinny, deeply-tanned limbs and a "glittering eye."
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Two hundred seamen who set sail with the Ancient Mariner one clear, sunny day and find themselves in the icy world of the "rime" after a storm, from which the Albatross frees them.
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Themes
2.True humility results only from great suffering. Atonement for sin is achieved only through confession and sincere acts of penance.
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1.The sin of pride separates man from God and from an understanding of man’s spiritual relationship to God and to the rest of creation.
Historical Context (What is going on in the world when this was written HINT: the Industrial Revolution)
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In England, executing women for treason by burning them at the stake is abolished.
Part I
- The old mariner has some magic power in his eye and forces the young man to listen.
- The ship sails from England to the Antarctic, becomes stranded in the ice and log until an Albatross shows up and then the ice splits and the ship sails through to the Pacific Ocean.
- Although the bird is playful and friendly to the mariners, and seems to be a good omen, the mariner shoots the bird with his crossbow.
- There is a wedding and an old man stops one of the guests to tell the story of a cursed ship.
Part II
- The sailors initially blame the Mariner for killing the bird that brought the breeze but then praise the Mariner for killing the bird that brought them out of the land of snow and mist.
- The ship is stuck in the doldrums near the equator and there are slimy sea creatures and a horrible heat and thirst.
- The ship is returning north after sailing through the Antartic, they are now in the S. Pacific.
- The St. Elmo's fire, and bioluminescence of the algae provoke feelings of superstition in the sailors and they dream that an evil spirit has followed them from the land of mist and snow.
- The sailors blame their fate on the Mariner and hang the dead bird around his neck as a sign of guilt.
Part III
- The death ship pulls up and are playing dice with the souls of the sailors.
- All of the sailors are mad at the Mariner because they know that it is his fault for them being in this situation.
- Then the Mariner sees a shape on the horizon, but can't depict what it is, but he eventually figures it out.
- All of the sailors die and the Mariner is on the ship by himself surrounded by dead bodies and unknown sea creatures.
- The sailors have spent a long time drifting on the ocean with no food or water and they are getting sick.
Part IV
- Curse keeps him from dying.
- The Mariner learns to appreciate nature.
- Cannot pray due to guilt and arrogance, nature is tormenting him. Some magic is keeping the bodies from rottinng.
- The curse is lifted, he is able to pray, and the Albatross falls from his neck.
- Mariner didn't die. He is lonely, and watches slimy sea creatures.
Part V
- Wedding guest burst in and is afraid of the zombie sailors the mariner reassures him that it was all angels, when the sun comes up they all lay down and spirits leave their bodies.
- Dead sailors rise up and start to work the ropes the way they had when they were alive and the mariner helps.
- Ship takes off in a hurry, the mariner falls down and faints and hears two voices talking above his head. They say he's the one that shot the bird. He's paid for his crime but will continue to pay.
- Because the curse was lifted, sleeps and when he wakes up it's raining--then the wind is moving and the clouds are flying by showing him glimpses of the stars.
- The spirits fly around the boat making sweet sounds, the ship moves on but not from the breeze, the spirit from the land of mist and snow.
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Part VI
- The 2 Angels are observing the ship as it drives the Mariner home to England. The Angels don't know who or what is making the ship go.
- The Mariner wakes up and the dead bodies are standing around him starring at him reminding him of his crime and guilt and the moon is glittering in their eyes.
- The breezes start to blow and the Mariner is cheered. We have to move forward in our lives despite what has happened in the past.
- He realizes that the ship has reached his home. He sees the harbor bay lit beautifully by the moon and sees the pilot and his boy rowing out to help the ship into the harbor to port. Then the Angels come and stand on the bodies of all the dead sailors and wave.
- The Mariner is excited because the Hermit from the woods who is a Holy man is in the boat too and the Mariner thinks he can cleanse his soul.
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