Coleridge: The World and the Moral of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Pop Zarieva, Natalija and Iliev, Krste (2022) Coleridge: The World and the Moral of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Yearbook of the Faculty of Philology, University Goce Delcev, Stip, 13 (19). pp. 69-78. ISSN 1857-7059

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Abstract

This paper endeavours to analyse Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner from two perspectives: the ambivalent world that Coleridge represented through the story of a sea voyage and the obscure moral or lack of moral in the story. On first sight, there are evident Christian connotations and veiled religious symbolism which produce the idea of a Christian view in which sin-penance-redemption govern the poem’s world. Although these pervade the storyline, on a deeper level they are challenged by a world
that is governed by random evil forces, which come unexpectedly, and the punishment often
outweighs the sin. We also probe into the theme of the power of individualism that Coleridge has depicted in the main character of the poem as well as the possibility to read this poem as a representation of the suffering of a guilt ridden survivor.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Natalija Pop Zarieva
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2023 13:18
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2023 13:18
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/31499

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