Today, you will be given a brief writing assignment on the passage from the text running from stanzas 64-66.This is the climax of the text.
Learning Targets:
I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account
I can provide an objective summary of the text.
I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings.
I can analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning, as well as its aesthetic impact.
I can demonstrate knowledge of an eighteenth century foundational works of literature.
Overview of your quick write assignment.
1. I will read the instructions from your quick write handout. Please read along with me so you understand.
2. Read the selected passage, annotating for evidence that relates to the prompt.
- "What has happened to the Mariner? What has he now become aware of and, as a result, the albatross falls from his neck “like lead into the sea?”" (see your quick write handout instructions)
- You will incorporate that element of romanticism into your response to the prompt (I recommend waiting until you complete the rest of the steps to begin writing so you don't decide to change things later).
Elements of Romanticism:
Love of Nature:
Romantic thinkers
venerated (REALLY
respected) the natural
world and the environment.
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Idealization of Rural Living: They viewed rural (country- opposite of urban/city) life as ideal and perfect.
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Faith in Common People: They respected all people including peasants (not just the elite or 1%!).
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Emphasis on Freedom and Individualism: Rather than focusing on groups of people, Romantic thinkers valued individual humans and their individual rights.
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Spontaneity (Doing things impulsively/in the moment), Intuition (Gut instinct/Educated Guesses), Feeling
(Emotions), Imagination (Creating things from one's mind), Wonder (Awe/When one's jaw drops): All of these concepts are associated with Romanticism.
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Passionate individual religiosity: Individual humans could worship and demonstrate faith rather than belonging to religious groups or institutions.
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Life after Death: They believed that human life did not end in physical death. Heaven existed.
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Organic View of the World: They believed that everything in this world was connected- similar to Aristotle's Great Chain of Being.
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Major Themes of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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.
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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.
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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.
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Imprisonment
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is in many ways a
portrait of imprisonment and its inherent loneliness
and torment.
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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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6. Review the passage, annotating for textual evidence of the theme, and try to determine how the prompt, the theme, and the element of romanticism are all connected through this passage. If it doesn't all fit, you're not ready to write.
- You will incorporate the major theme you identified into your response to the prompt (I recommend waiting until you complete the rest of the steps to begin writing so you don't decide to change things later).
7. If you think you can answer the prompt by identifying the element of romanticism it links up with, the underlying theme of the passage, and backing up your claim with textual evidence, then you are probably ready to write.
- Think of a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you may have the wrong pieces, but they look so close that you can almost convince yourself they're supposed to fit. Other times, you may have the right pieces in your hand, but you have to turn them around and try to get them to fit a few ways before it clicks.
Name__________________________ Quick write for stanzas 64, 65 and 66.
Carefully read over the following stanzas. This is the climax of the poem and
expresses essential concepts of Romanticism.
Answer the following is a well-written paragraph. What has happened to
the Mariner? What has he now become aware of and, as a result, the albatross
falls from his neck “like lead into the sea?”
64. Within the shadow of the ship
I watched their rich attire:
Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,
They coiled and swam; and every track
Was a flash of golden fire.
65. O happy living things! no tongue
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gushed from my heart,
And I blessed them unaware:
Sure my kind saint took pity on me,
And I blessed them unaware.
66. The selfsame moment I could pray;
And from my neck so free
The Albatross fell off, and sank
Like lead into the sea
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Elements of Romanticism
Love of Nature:
Romantic thinkers
venerated (REALLY
respected) the natural
world and the environment.
|
Idealization of Rural Living: They viewed rural (country- opposite of urban/city) life as ideal and perfect.
|
Faith in Common People: They respected all people including peasants (not just the elite or 1%!).
|
Emphasis on Freedom and Individualism: Rather than focusing on groups of people, Romantic thinkers valued individual humans and their individual rights.
|
Spontaneity (Doing things impulsively/in the moment), Intuition (Gut instinct/Educated Guesses), Feeling
(Emotions), Imagination (Creating things from one's mind), Wonder (Awe/When one's jaw drops): All of these concepts are associated with Romanticism.
|
Passionate individual religiosity: Individual humans could worship and demonstrate faith rather than belonging to religious groups or institutions.
|
Life after Death: They believed that human life did not end in physical death. Heaven existed.
|
Organic View of the World: They believed that everything in this world was connected- similar to Aristotle's Great Chain of Being.
|
Major Themes of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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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