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ROTAM characters: Life-In-Death (Appearance ("her lips were red"…
ROTAM characters: Life-In-Death
Themes
She is punishing the Mariner
"And was a blessed ghost"
He sees Death as a release from the tap of Life-In-Death she created
Personality
She seems over-confident and arrogant
"I've won!"
Though she truly has won, Mariner is forced to walk the earth for ever as his punishement
Sadistic
Takes pleasure from his pain
Using exclamatives (I've won!") makes hger sound excited that the Mariner is under her will
She's feared by many
"who thicks man's blood with cold"
Action
She won the game
Appearance
"her lips were red"
Like blood
Red is the colour of desire, maybe to the Mariner she is attractive, that he'd rather be held by her than Death
Links to bride in the wedding at the start of the poem
"her locks were yellow as gold"
Simile
Shows she has a youthful appearance, like maidens in fairy tales
Links to "emerald", wealthy
Linking her to the environment, the sublime
Nature working together
One Life theory
Written with lots of detail here, showing how the women's most important feature is their appearance
Feminist theory
"Her skin was white as leprosry"
Simile
Appears dead, contrasts with her youthful beautiful appearance
Shows juxtaposition of her being Life-In-Death
But, many woman believed being pale was beautiful, so showing beauty even in death
White suggests purity, links to Albatross
THe ship has been sent by God to punish Mariner?