The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Parts
Part Summaries
Argument (1798)
Argument (1817)
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Characters
The Wedding Guest
The Mariner
The Albatross
The Ship's Crew
The Polar Spirit
Life-in-Death
The Angelic Troop
First Voice
Second Voice
The Pilot
The Pilot's Son
The Hermit
Full Character List
Themes
the Line
the snakes
the cross
creatures
hospitality
Sin
all themes
Themes
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"the Line"
crossing it
crossing back
the "water snakes"
in the rotting sea
as "creatures"
Alive with him
Why alive?
watching the water snakes
"God's creatures of the great calm"
"Their beauty and their happiness"
the cross
the Albatross crossing
the Mariner's cross-bow
the Albatross hung "like a cross"
the crew's souls
compared to the sound of a "cross-bow"
Jesus and the cross
"creatures"
the snakes
as creatures of "the calm"
the snakes
as "God's creatures of the great calm"
hospitality
to the albatross
inhospitality to the albatross
sin and redemption [
SK
]
Part IV, the Mariner's "
penance
"
The Albatross
falling off the Mariner's neck
Sin and
fear
The Hermit
shrieving the Mariner
Perpetual penance
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