Week 38 Lesson 3 Rime of the Ancien Mariner / Wordsworth

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Goals

I understand the  moral of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and can point Romantic elements. 

I know the most important works of Wordsworth 

Today you need: your laptop, JDW map and a pen. 

• PTA 2: A) speaking exam based on Pride & Prejudice + Frankenstein. Is it/is it not a work that belongs to the Romantics? B) reading (75%) + linking words (25%) 

• PTA 3: A) listening/watching exam B) literature Romantic Poetry/19th century works.  

• PTA 4: reading exam 
• CE: ONLY READING

PTA

How does the Rime of the Ancient Mariner end?

What is the moral of the poem you think?

Ending & Moral

The beautiful water snakes have been blessed, the mariner is able to pray again and the albatros falls of his neck (= freed himself from the burden)

The dead men on the ship have become happy spirits, but there are two voices that the mariner hears. One voice asks if he killed the albatros and the other one asks if he has done enough penance for his act. 

Ending & Moral

The ship sails back into the harbour and the mariner asks if the holy hermit will wash him of his sins. 

The mariner is taken off the ship while the ship drowns into a whirlpool. 

The mariner is freed of agony, but not of guilt. In order to free himself from this he has to tell his story over and over again. 

"He who loves all god's creatures will lead a happier life."

Which 3 Romantic elements have you found in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

Features

- emotional and imaginative

- intuition

- nature (as mysterious force, god-like or supplement for religion)

- exploration of human nature and native past

- exploration of importance of self-expression

- concern for outcasts of society

- focus on individuals/common man

- use of symbolism

- art as expression

- supernatural elements

William Wordsworth 

(1770 – 1850)

William Wordsworth

- Lost both his parents quite young, raised by relatives

- Walking tour of Europe --> French Revolution

-  fell in love with Annette Vallon, had a bastard daughter

- married Mary Hutchinson, had five kids of which two died.

- lost the will to write later in life due to the death of his daughter

1798: The Lyrical Ballads with Coleridge (everyday language and presenting an original way of looking at nature.)

cyclical nature of life

with God

Child with subconscious remembrance of life with God

corruption by society

recollection in tranquillity

The idea that when you are reminded of something that happened in the past, you do not just remember the event. The emotions the event originally evoked also recur. 

Which of the two ideas is expressed in the following poems?

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Reading questions

• Which of the two ideas: cyclical nature of life and recollection in tranquility is reflected in the poems? Give examples of how you can see this. 
•  How are these two poems typical of the Romantic age. Find at least two elements of the Romantics in each poem, make sure to explain yourself. 

Have you ever experienced recollection in tranquility? Explain!