V6C - 06-12-2021 - Les 32

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• Leerjaar 6

WELCOME

Today is the 6th of December

The Word of the Day is hoity-toity
adjective | hoy-tee-TOY-tee

"pretentious, fancy, or pompous"

The guidance counselor emphasized that students do not need to go to a hoity-toity college to achieve success.

TODAY

After this lesson you will

• ... have watched the documentary
• ... have studied The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

DOCUMENTARY

COLERIDGE

Lyrical Ballads (1798)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

PART I

... "He stoppeth one of three"...

... "'There was a ship,' quoth he" ...

... He cannot choose but hear ...

... "I shot the Albatross" ...

PART I

1. The supernatural element enters the poem right at the beginning. How?
2. At the end of Part I a connection is suggested between the appearance of the Albatross and the fate of the ship. Explain
3. Are any reasons given for the Mariner's shooting of the Albatross?

PART II

... "Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay" ...

... "Twas right, said they, such birds to slay" ...

... "Water, water, every where" ...

... "Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs" ...

PART II

... Instead of the cross, the Albatross ...

... About my neck was hung ....

PART II

1. After blaming the Mariner at first for what he has doen, the crew later agree that it was right to kill the bird. What, morally speaking, is the consequence of this opinion?
2. In Part I the Mariner describes how they drift into an area where there are neither human beings nor animals. The first creature they emet is the Albatross, which is killed. What is his reaction when he sees animal of the sea?

PART III

1. About the ghost-ship are Death and Life-in-Death. They are playing at dice, and Life-in-Death wins the Mariner. What consequences does this result have in the rest of the story?