... Albatross is a symbol of a holy cross and a representation of the Mariner's terrible offense. The killing of the Albatross is viewed as a sin and the guilt that the Mariner is now feeling for having put his crew in such awful sailing and living conditions. The crossbow acts as a strong representation of the cross of Christianity, just as the Albatross is, when the Mariner's crew ... beliefs. The responsibilities of supernatural symbols with respect to an essence of spirituality is compared to Christianity and the personifications of Death and Life-in-Death. There are numerous occurrence...

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• Grade Level: High School

... it comes to being around nature. Wordsworth writes, "While here I stand, not only with the sense of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts that in this moment there is life and food for future years" (Wordsworth 2). He is describing how it feels to love nature. Wordsworth expresses how nature restores his ... look to that will vanish all of our daily stresses, and Wordsworth comments on how nature is the food for his soul. Wordsworth writes, "In body, and become a living soul; while with an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... mariner continues on with his story. When the ship neared the equator, a storm came and drove them into the arctic. There is not another living creature in sight. Everybody in the boat thinks that they don't have a chance of survival, until a particularly friendly albatross flies by their ship. The men fed the bird, ... a wicked deed. But after time, seeing that there were no consequences, the mariner's shipmates decided that it was no big deal. At this moment, his sin became theirs. The breeze that was filling the sails ceases, and the ship comes to a still. There was a lack of drinking...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School