Learning targets: 1) I can read, annotate, and analyze informational texts on topics related to diverse and non-traditional cultures and viewpoints.
2) I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative connotative, and technical meanings; and analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone
Coming up: Friday, vocabulary quiz "Rime" 2
Remember that anyone who is on Friday's field trip may take the vocabulary quiz early, but must take it by the end of the day tomorrow; there is no make-up.
In class: power point review of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" vocabulary 2
Continuing with "Rime"
A reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Ian McKellan
Review of the major themes.
Major Themes
The Natural World: The Physical
While it can be beautiful and frightening (often
simultaneously), the natural world's power in "The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is unquestionable.
The Spiritual World: The Metaphysical
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" occurs in the
natural, physical world-the land and ocean. However,
the work has popularly been interpreted as an
allegory of man's connection to the spiritual,
metaphysical world.
Liminality
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" typifies the
Romantic fascination with liminal spaces. A liminal
space is defined as a place on the edge of a realm or
between two realms, whether a forest and a field, or
reason and imagination.
Imprisonment
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is in many ways a
portrait of imprisonment and its inherent loneliness
and torment.
Retribution
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a tale of
retribution, since the Ancient Mariner spends most of
the poem paying for his one, impulsive error of killing
the Albatross.
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