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The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
Exercise 1
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Setting of the ballad: wedding-feast.
Setting of the story of the ancient Mariner: a ship
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Exercise 2
The ancient Mariner is an old man; he has a very long gray beard and a glittering eye. He has a skinny handthe reader is only provided some simple information about his physical aspect. In short hid appearance is only sketched. I think the old man is a real figure.
Sea, church, hills, the sun,
b)storm, fog, snow
c)good south wind, white moon shine
The storm is tyrannous and strong like a man.
The ice cracked and growled, roared and howled
The Albatross is like a Christian soul
In the description of the storm Nature is described in a realistic way, differently from the other descriptions where Coleridge uses lots of unreal images.
Exercise 4
In my opinion the reader can see the most important contrast between reality and supernatural when the ancient Mariner holds the wedding-guest with his skinny hand.
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