The Albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridges The Rime of the ancient Mariner, is a narrative verse form which explains the story of a sea dogs bold locomote at sea. While Coleridge procedures brainy imagery and typeism to do the reviewer envision the story, he is also revealing a religious allegory that reflects umteen Christian beliefs. Along with more other symbolic elements, Coleridge more often than not uses the millstone to represent a spiritual signifi abidece passim his meter. The albatross is such a meatful symbol that it is pen to at the end of sextuplet of the seven parts that the metrical composition is divided in to.\nThe rime begins with the Mariner stopping a wedding guest in order to tell him to the highest degree his tour at sea. He describes a bad thrust that drove his ravish southeast towards Antarctica. He and his crew behave extreme conditions where ice and mist over surround their ship. It is during this part of his journey that the mariner first encounters t he Albatross, redeeming(a) them from the storm and bearing inviolable omen. At length did scotch an Albatross, thorough the fog it came; As it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in Gods name. This is where the reader is first introduced to the idea of the Albatross having a symbolic meaning to Christianity.\nColeridge chose to use the Albatross in his poem because theyre a expectant bird, believed by sailors and fishermen to be harbingers of dependable things during times of duress at sea. This idea is very sympathetic to Christ being born. He was able to help his chase escape their suffering and black market them to heaven, just as the Albatross was able to lead the ship and its crew absent from the storm and into calm waters. The use of the word hatch tail be taken literally, as the bird crossed in front of the mariner, or it can be taken as a reference to the cross that is a common symbol of Christianity. The first part of the poem ends with the realization that t he Mariner killed the Albatross. With my crossbow, I shot the Albatross.�...