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The Rime of the antediluvian Mariner               Coleridges poem The Rime of the superannuated Mariner is written about a Mariner telling his history of sin and forgiveness to a small group of young work force on their way to attend a wedding. The Mariner claims to be accountable for the deaths of everyone on board of a move he once sailed because he killed a creature that was supposed to bring them the wind they needed to soak up sailing after hitting a plateau in the ships movement.      Through the writing style in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge tries to convince the reader that the events told in the poem could possibly have been real, indeed leaving the reader to partially believe the strange story and Coleridge is advanced to do so. The theme of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is beau ideals forgiveness. The Mariner believes that God has forgiven him for his sins and is telli ng his tale to the young men on their way to a wedding. The Mariner explains that he killed an albatross, and the entire crew dies because of it. The Mariner, however, survives and asks Gods to forgive him for his sins. When the Mariner prays for forgiveness, the curse preventing the souls of the crew from entering nirvana is broken, the Mariners life is spared and Angels from Heaven escort the souls of the dead leghorn to the afterlife.     In closing, the whole point of the story becomes clear in the undermentioned lines.          "Farewell, farewell but this I tell          To thee, thou Wedding client          He prayeth well, who loveth well          Both man and bird and beast.          "He prayeth outflank, who loveth best           All things both great and small          For the dear God who loveth us,03          He made and loveth all."          The Mariner, whose eye is bright,