Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" conveys to us a message that people have to recompense for their wrong actions. The Mariner's punishment for betraying nature by shooting the Albatross is his intense agony and misery. The Mariner admits his fault and accepts his penalty; hence he survives with the burden of telling a story rather than facing death. The Mariner's destiny, however, is not under the control of a pardoning God because his agony always returns after he finishes telling his tale. No matter how much he prays or weeps: his sin will never leave him.

God is prevalent throughout this poem. After the killing of the Albatross, God begins to start the punishment for the Mariner's crimes. Their ship is pushed into a silent sea where the sailors were quickly stranded; the winds died down, and the ship was "As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted ocean." The ocean solidified, and the men had no water to drink; as if the sea were decomposing, slimy creatures crawled out of it and walked across the surface. He is punished harshly for kill

Despite no sign of hope The Mariner has to deal with his punishment. His anguish is like an incurable disease, and the only medicine he has for alleviation is telling his tale to another being hence the Mariner explains to The Wedding Guest why he must persist to tell his tale. He states that it is "a waful agony, / Which forced me to begin my tale; / And then it left me free." He has the power to tell his tale and this sets him free for a short while. However, he can't enjoy his tiny time of freedom because he is indecisive when the pain revisits.

ing the symbol of nature that everyone reveres and his life is in God's hands.

God also shows the Mariner whom he must tell his tale to next, "That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach." The Mariner is wandering around preaching his moral to others, that he who loves all God's creatures leads a happier, better life. God however, hasn't forgiven him, for he still wonders about in search of a person to tell his tale so eventually God can free his soul.

The Mariner calls out to "Christ" many times throughout the poem but he gets no positive responses. He cries "O Christ! / That ever this should be!" One day the Mariner saw a tiny speck on the horizon. It resolved into a ship, moving toward them. Too dry-mouthed to inform the other sailors, the Mariner bit do

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