The Rime Of An Ancient Mariner Literary Analysis

I found The Rime of an Ancient Mariner interesting because it was a story within a story. It started off with a guy going to his wedding and he gets stopped by this oddly looking Mariner who started telling him a fascinating story. He first tells the story of how he shot down and Albatross which he later finds out it is bad luck and recognizes the sin he just committed. The Mariner wears the Albatross around his neck as a sign of guilt weighing him down realizing that they are stuck with only thick fog submerged them. As punishment his crew members begin to die because there is no food or water eventually he ends up being the only one living. With nothing else to do except look around and ponder a band of sea creatures captured his eye, he begins to have a change of heart as he blesses them. Once that happened the wind picked up but once he nears the harbor the boat sinks but he gets saved by a Hermit of the boat. …show more content…
“At length did cross an Albatross, Through the fog, it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name”. But once he shot the Albatross it was implicating how we are in our lives God comes to us but we have to be willing and open the door. By shooting the albatross he was saying that he didn't need guidance he got all under control. We often are committing a sin by even thinking that but because are human we also have guilt. The Mariner begins to feel guilty for the horrible crime he just