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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Nature
"Look out Below!" - Craaack! About 15 Men and women turn their glances
toward the sky, and see a large, perhaps 100 feet, tree falling to the
ground. As the tree hits the solid earth, everything grows very quiet. All
look at the lumberjack, who killed th ....
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Middle of Paper
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not forgive someone who has shot or killed another person.
At a spiritual level, Nature's power can decide if we will live, or be
condemned. Nature is capable of presenting "innermost suffering" (Coburn
33) upon people. The mariner's suffering included having his "soul in
agony" soon afterwards. After attempts at prayer and realization of what he
has done - "I looked to heaven and tried to pray", his penance to
forgiveness begins spiritually. The mariner releases the weight of the
crime greatly at the "moment he could pray". "The albatross around ....
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