Concetti Chiave
- "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" begins with a summary that introduces the protagonist and his extraordinary adventures.
- The Mariner narrates a tale of a voyage disrupted by a storm, leading to the Mariner's fateful killing of an albatross, symbolizing a crime against nature.
- The Mariner's guilt isolates him, culminating in encounters with supernatural elements and the deaths of his crew.
- A turning point occurs when the Mariner blesses water snakes, restoring his connection with nature and initiating a healing process.
- Coleridge's collaboration with Wordsworth was significant, with Coleridge focusing on supernatural themes, contrasting Wordsworth's ordinary life subjects.
Indice
Il racconto del marinaio
- The - The ancient Mariner stops a wedding. He narrates how he and his fellow mariners reached the equator and the Polar Regions after a violent storm. An albatross was killed by the Mariner. Coleridge makes it significant in two ways: he does not say why the Mariner kills the albatross; secondly, this action is against nature and breaks a sacred law of life.
Punizione e solitudine
- The Mariner begins to suffer punishment for what he has done. The world which faces the Mariner after his crime is dead and terrible.
- The third part shows how the - In the fourth part this sense of solitude is stressed and the guilty soul of the Mariner is cut off from nature. Then the Mariner blessed the water snakes and begins to re-establish a relationship with the world of nature.
Movimento della nave
- The ship begins to move and celestial spirits stand by the corpses of the dead men.
- In the sixth part the process of healing seems to be impeded.
- In the last stanzas of the seventh part the Mariner gains the wedding guest’s sympathy. Coleridge does not tell the end of the story, but lets the reader suppose that the Mariner’s sense of guilt will end only with his death.
Collaborazione con Wordsworth
His years of collaboration with Wordsworth were the happiest of his life, and the most fruitful regarding poetry. The two poets shared certain ideas, like the healing and revelatory power of nature, but the contrast in style between Coleridge’s poems and those written by Wordsworth is remarkable. It does not only come from their differing temperaments; it is also the result of the way they planned the Lyrical Ballads: Wordsworth was to choose subjects from ordinary life, and Coleridge supernatural incidents and characters.
Biographia Literaria e Shakespeare
In his Biographia Literaria, Coleridge wrote:
“..it was agreed that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic; yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith”.
Moreover, both with Biographia Literaria and with his Lectures on Shakespeare, Coleridge was able to bring to life the art of Shakespeare for his fellow countrymen. His character analysis was subtle, and he was aware of the particular use of style and imagery which renders each of Shakespeare’s plays a powerful unity, which cannot and must not be divided or altered.
Influenza sulle nuove generazioni
His wonderful lectures and conversations fascinated and influenced a new generation of writers who listened to a man who had mastered nearly every important work of literature.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuál es el papel del albatros en "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
- ¿Cómo se refleja el tema de la soledad en el poema?
- ¿Qué diferencia a Coleridge de Wordsworth en su colaboración?
- ¿Qué contribución hizo Coleridge a la crítica literaria?
- ¿Cómo termina la historia del Mariner según Coleridge?
El albatros es significativo porque su muerte, a manos del Mariner, representa una acción contra la naturaleza y rompe una ley sagrada de la vida, lo que desencadena el castigo del Mariner.
La soledad se enfatiza cuando el alma culpable del Mariner se siente aislada del mundo, especialmente después de que sus compañeros mueren y él queda solo en un mundo muerto y terrible.
Aunque compartían ideas sobre el poder curativo de la naturaleza, Coleridge se enfocaba en incidentes y personajes sobrenaturales, mientras que Wordsworth elegía temas de la vida ordinaria.
Coleridge, a través de "Biographia Literaria" y sus conferencias sobre Shakespeare, aportó un enfoque nuevo a la poesía y revitalizó el arte de Shakespeare, influyendo en una nueva generación de escritores.
Coleridge no revela el final de la historia, pero sugiere que el sentido de culpa del Mariner solo terminará con su muerte, dejando al lector imaginar el desenlace.
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