November 8, 2001, Tarun Thadani Introduction to Literary Studies – Q The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner The Mariner’s Mission 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 …showed first 75 words of 907 total…

…showed last 75 words of 907 total…and having to pay for them afterwards is not new. The Christian religion centers itself around the confession of sins done by men or women. Jesus gives people the power to repent and do penance to receive his forgiveness. However this God is not remissive and hence can’t be Jesus. If The Mariner would like to live a normal life again he would have to find a way to please this other supernatural being.