"Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

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The paper reviews Coleridge's poem part by part. It discusses its main psychological themes and ideas, those of depression, loneliness and isolation. The author highlights how the main character, the mariner, is trapped in a watery and dangerous world filled with the unknown which Coleridge manipulates through the use of human psychology.

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"After reading "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," one has the impression that the psychological journey of the mariner has much to do with a deep sense of depression and isolation which Coleridge describes with "Alone, alone, all, all alone/Alone on a wide open sea!/And never a saint took pity on/My soul in agony" (Part IV, lines 9-12). In addition, Coleridge provides the impression that another aspect of this psychological journey is related to the Mariner trying to figure out why he is being forced to endure the tragedies that are happening on the wide open seas. But unknown to him, these tragedies are linked to the killing of the albatross. One excellent example can be found in Part Six of the poem, where the mariner states, "Like one, that on a lonesome road/Doth walk in fear and dread/And having once turned around walks on/And turns no more his head/Because he knows, a frightful fiend/Doth close behind him tread" (lines 37-42)."

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