The central theme of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is?

Answer 1

This is in the Antepenultimate stanza of the poem

"he prayeth best, who loveth best

all things both great and small

for the dear god who loveth us

made and loveth all."

It seems clear that the moral is morality itself - to respect God in all we do. However, the Poem has a lot deeper aspect of Morality, ranging from treatment of Animals and Nature to the darkness of technology (as this poem was written during the Industrial Revolution and is part of the Romanticist backlash against it).

Answer 2

The theme of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is the violation of nature and its consequences. When the albatross is first killed, the voyage crew is upset with the mariner for taking away their good luck charm. As time passes, the crew accept the death of the albatross as their journey continues to run smoothly. However, one by one the crew members begin to drop like flies, and the mariner is left alone, the final member, to carry the great weight of his sin.

Answer 3

The central theme of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the sanctity of all wild creatures. The wild creature here is an Albatross and it brought good luck for all the people in the ship, but when they killed the Albatross a curse fell upon them. 200 men fell dead as a consequence, so the message is, do not mess with nature because nature would take revenge.

Answer 4

To learn to love all things that God has made.

Answer 5

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