The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
who is the good/evil man?
i need a Good quote and an explanation
i need a Good quote and an explanation
I think a better way to look at this is sin and redemption rather than good/evil. The mariner kills the albatross and is fixed with it around his neck,
Ah! wel-a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the albatross
About my neck was hung.
We all sin. This story is also one of redemption. The mariner goes through his metephysical ordeal to understand the beauty of creation and hence experience redemption or transformation.
O happy living things! No tongue
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gushed from my heart,
And I blessed them unaware:
Sure my kind saint took pity on me,
And I blessed them unaware.
The selfsame moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea.
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