This lesson contains 12 slides, with text slides and 3 videos.
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WELCOME
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TODAY
After this lesson you will
... have studied The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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COLERIDGE
Lyrical Ballads (1798)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Slide 4 - Video
PART I
... "He stoppeth one of three"...
... "'There was a ship,' quoth he" ...
... He cannot choose but hear ...
... "I shot the Albatross" ...
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PART I
The supernatural element enters the poem right at the beginning. How?
At the end of Part I a connection is suggested between the appearance of the Albatross and the fate of the ship. Explain
Are any reasons given for the Mariner's shooting of the Albatross?
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Slide 7 - Video
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" ...
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PART II
... Instead of the cross, the Albatross ...
... About my neck was hung ....
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PART II
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?
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?
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Slide 11 - Video
PART III
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?
