People write stories, poems, and other works in order to express feelings, beliefs, or situations to other people. Associating nature with the character’s feelings is one way authors enforce the role the character’s feeling has on the story. Colerigde’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” expresses a connection between the Ancient Mariner’s feelings and nature. Other authors show psychological irony through a character’s insulting descriptions of another person, innocent …showed first 75 words of 896 total…

…showed last 75 words of 896 total…etc. Feelings and emotions play a big part in our lives, so when we read a story or poem we what to relate to the humans portrayed in the work. In the Coleridge’s poem he showed an inward feeling that had an outward reaction and Conrad showed outward reactions that initiated inward feelings. Feelings have a huge emphasis on our lives so why would not feelings have a huge emphasis on literature? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**