Literary Elements
Romantics
Parts 1-3
Parts 4-5
Parts 6-7
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Motif that captivates the Wedding Guest.
What is the Mariner's glittering eye.
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The Romantic period started in response to what other artistic period.
What is the enlightenment period.
100

How does the Wedding Guest view the Mariner at the beginning of the poem?

What is a madman, much like a hobo (or homeless person) approaching him.

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What do the corpses on the ship do for seven days in part four?
What is not rot or reek, but stare at the Mariner with their final, cursing stare.
100
What are the two spirits discussing when the Mariner wakes up after falling over and passing out?
What is arguing over whether to punish him more for killing the Albatross.
200
Motif/symbol representing death and evil.
What is the color crimson.
200

Three of the values Romantic literature was centered around.

What is: *love of nature/natural beauty *emotion and opinion *creativity, imagination, and freedom and expression *respect for children and childhood *fairies/mystical beings *value of the human experience

200
What do the sailors mean to do when they hang the Albatross around the Mariner's neck?
What is make him feel the guilt of his wrong doing pulling him down; carry his burden.
200
What is different about the storm in part five from the one in part one?
What is the storm does not hurt the Mariner, but only gives him water and pushes the ship forward without hitting him.
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Why does the Mariner want to talk to the Hermit?
What is cleanse him of his wrong-doing.
300
Coleridge uses what literary element to connect the spiritual and natural through hidden meaning.
What is allegory.
300
Where did the word "Romantics" come from?
What is 'Roman' literature.
300
How many men were claimed by Death after the game of dice?
What is 200 men.
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What causes the Mariner to love nature and for the guilt of the Albatross to fall off of his neck
What is the sea snakes.
300
What do the seraphs do before the Mariner's ship starts to sink?
What is take the sailors soul's to their final resting place.
400
What is the name of the type of literature that "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is?
What is narrative poetry.
400
How does Coleridge's narrative poem refer to the values of Romanticism and Romantic literature?
What is usage of spirits and mystical beings and/or comparing the spiritual to the natural.
400

Why does the Mariner shoot the Albatross at the end of part one?

What is pride and power over nature; control of the ship; jealousy of power. Really, it's all conjecture, although listeners know that in general The Mariner is not a fan of Nature. The Mariner gives no reason.

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After the storm comes, what happens to the bodies of the dead sailors?
What is rise up and help drive the ship.
400
Why does the Mariner have to take over rowing the small boat that the Hermit, the Pilot and his son are on?
What is they all grow hysterical thinking they are going to die.
500
The line, "For the sky and the sea, And the sea and the sky" is an example of what literary element.
What is alliteration.
500
What century did the Romantic period start in OR what country did it start in?
What is 18th century OR Germany.
500
What motif does the Mariner use to describe the ocean in part two.
What is a rotting, slimy sea.
500
What happens at the end of part five that causes the Mariner to fall and pass out?
What is the ship reaches the equator and the South Pole spirit stops pushing it forward.
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What does the Mariners curse require him do the rest of his life?
What is travel from land to land finding those he can see do not respect nature and teaching them his story.
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