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Anonymous Coward User ID: 54281869 United States 07/11/2014 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.youtube.com] [link to en.wikipedia.org] The mariner's tale begins with his ship departing on its journey. Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctica. An albatross appears and leads them out of the Antarctic, but even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the mariner shoots the bird ("with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross"). The crew is angry with the mariner, believing the albatross brought the south wind that led them out of the Antarctic. However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears ("'Twas right, said they, such birds to slay / that bring the fog and mist"). However, they made a grave mistake in supporting this crime, as it arouses the wrath of spirits who then pursue the ship "from the land of mist and snow"; the south wind that had initially led them from the land of ice now sends the ship into uncharted waters, where it is becalmed. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The sailors change their minds again and blame the mariner for the torment of their thirst. In anger, the crew forces the mariner to wear the dead albatross about his neck, perhaps to illustrate the burden he must suffer from killing it, or perhaps as a sign of regret ("Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the albatross / About my neck was hung"). Eventually, the ship encounters a ghostly vessel. On board are Death (a skeleton) and the "Night-mare Life-in-Death" (a deathly-pale woman), who are playing dice for the souls of the crew. With a roll of the dice, Death wins the lives of the crew members and Life-in-Death the life of the mariner, a prize she considers more valuable. Her name is a clue to the mariner's fate: he will endure a fate worse than death as punishment for his killing of the albatross. One by one, all of the crew members die, but the mariner lives on, seeing for seven days and nights the curse in the eyes of the crew's corpses, whose last expressions remain upon their faces. Eventually, this stage of the mariner's curse is lifted after he appreciates the sea creatures swimming in the water. Despite his cursing them as "slimy things" earlier in the poem ("Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs / upon the slimy sea"), he suddenly sees their true beauty and blesses them ("a spring of love gush'd from my heart and I bless'd them unaware"); suddenly, as he manages to pray, the albatross falls from his neck and his guilt is partially expiated. The bodies of the crew, possessed by good spirits, rise again and steer the ship back home, where it sinks in a whirlpool, leaving only the mariner behind. A hermit on the mainland had seen the approaching ship and had come to meet it with a pilot and the pilot's boy in a boat. When they pull him from the water, they think he is dead, but when he opens his mouth, the pilot has a fit. The hermit prays, and the mariner picks up the oars to row. The pilot's boy goes crazy and laughs, thinking the mariner is the devil, and says, "The Devil knows how to row." As penance for shooting the albatross, the mariner, driven by guilt, is forced to wander the earth, tell his story, and teach a lesson to those he meets: He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. After relaying the story, the mariner leaves, and the wedding guest returns home, and wakes the next morning "a sadder and a wiser man". |
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(OP) User ID: 55645414 Australia 07/11/2014 12:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.youtube.com] Quoting: CommonAnomoly [link to en.wikipedia.org] The mariner's tale begins with his ship departing on its journey. Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctica. An albatross appears and leads them out of the Antarctic, but even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the mariner shoots the bird ("with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross"). The crew is angry with the mariner, believing the albatross brought the south wind that led them out of the Antarctic. However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears ("'Twas right, said they, such birds to slay / that bring the fog and mist"). However, they made a grave mistake in supporting this crime, as it arouses the wrath of spirits who then pursue the ship "from the land of mist and snow"; the south wind that had initially led them from the land of ice now sends the ship into uncharted waters, where it is becalmed. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The sailors change their minds again and blame the mariner for the torment of their thirst. In anger, the crew forces the mariner to wear the dead albatross about his neck, perhaps to illustrate the burden he must suffer from killing it, or perhaps as a sign of regret ("Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the albatross / About my neck was hung"). Eventually, the ship encounters a ghostly vessel. On board are Death (a skeleton) and the "Night-mare Life-in-Death" (a deathly-pale woman), who are playing dice for the souls of the crew. With a roll of the dice, Death wins the lives of the crew members and Life-in-Death the life of the mariner, a prize she considers more valuable. Her name is a clue to the mariner's fate: he will endure a fate worse than death as punishment for his killing of the albatross. One by one, all of the crew members die, but the mariner lives on, seeing for seven days and nights the curse in the eyes of the crew's corpses, whose last expressions remain upon their faces. Eventually, this stage of the mariner's curse is lifted after he appreciates the sea creatures swimming in the water. Despite his cursing them as "slimy things" earlier in the poem ("Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs / upon the slimy sea"), he suddenly sees their true beauty and blesses them ("a spring of love gush'd from my heart and I bless'd them unaware"); suddenly, as he manages to pray, the albatross falls from his neck and his guilt is partially expiated. The bodies of the crew, possessed by good spirits, rise again and steer the ship back home, where it sinks in a whirlpool, leaving only the mariner behind. A hermit on the mainland had seen the approaching ship and had come to meet it with a pilot and the pilot's boy in a boat. When they pull him from the water, they think he is dead, but when he opens his mouth, the pilot has a fit. The hermit prays, and the mariner picks up the oars to row. The pilot's boy goes crazy and laughs, thinking the mariner is the devil, and says, "The Devil knows how to row." As penance for shooting the albatross, the mariner, driven by guilt, is forced to wander the earth, tell his story, and teach a lesson to those he meets: He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. After relaying the story, the mariner leaves, and the wedding guest returns home, and wakes the next morning "a sadder and a wiser man". the 3rd shaking |
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User ID: 60366770 United States 07/18/2014 05:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Central Attributes: Stamina; Grace; Independence; Monogamy; Faithfulness; Loyalty; Messenger Quoting: xenophon Positive character traits: Loyal, independent, graceful, calm, open-minded, lenient, Successful, enduring Albatross as totem: The albatross is known as the Prince of Waves, and has great ocean wisdom, but understands especially the currents of the ocean caused by air and wind, leading to an even greater wind wisdom, including forecasting of weather. His only water language is the language of currents and how weather over water is affected by air. Because he travels so far, the albatross has and teaches both the freedom to break through limitations and also a wandering sort of courtship, a tendency toward flirting and rejecting those who do not fully travel with him (both physically and mentally or psychically). Close to the sky (in more than just the physical sense), albatross is a true child of the element of air, and those who have his medicine can benefit from something akin to solar worship, as he himself does. Knowing air currents as he does, the albatross is very good at navigating paths (figuratively and literally); albatross people can usually balance abstract thought with more intellectual thought, leading to mental harmony in many aspects of life and the developing of concrete objectives. Another lesson of albatross, or common trait in albatross people, is the ability to handle stress. The albatross is very much a free spirit, a spirit of the air element, yet he is greatly in tune with the element of earth as well, displaying such earth tendencies as loyalty and faithfulness to those who actually win his heart; the albatross in nature is monogamous, and with extended courtship periods—the albatross person is much the same, once he finally finds the person with whom he wants to settle. The albatross person is usually a wandering spirit who has difficulty to committing to a singular path in life. They do not conform to people or culture. Albatross people are excellent at conserving energy, often confused by others as laziness or idleness, but actually a caution against excesses to conserve energy for moments in which it is most needed. Albatross people, so connected with and balanced by both air and earth elements, tend to follow very spiritual paths and seek internal enlightenment in all portions of their lives. The albatross, a large, sea-going bird of which there are 24 species, is well known both for a large wingspan and for its ability to manipulate wind currents while flying. One of the world’s larger birds, with a wingspan of up to twelve feet, the albatross tends to southern oceans, though some stray very far north Albatross Lessons: For many people, when the albatross appears temporarily, he is trying to aid them in getting over their fear of water or simply celebrate waves in all their many forms. [link to soulofvoltaire.tripod.com] The albatross totem teaches us to enter new pathways and roads that will eventually move us to our destination [link to www.auntyflo.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 60356374 Japan 07/18/2014 06:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And deep beneath the rolling waves In labyrinths of coral caves An echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand And everything is green and submarine. And no one called us to the land And no one knows the where's or why's. Something stirs and something tries Starts to climb toward the light. |