“The rhyme of the Modern Consumer” How we love natutre & animals (?) A work made by: Laura Matarazzo, Marianna Amadini, Nicole Angioi, Mariarita Caracciolo and Giovanni Sala.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Biography… Φ Born in Devonshire 21 October 1772 Φ He attended Christ’s Hospital School in London - excellent education in the classics Φ He went to Cambridge but failed to finish his degree. With Robert Southey planned to found a “Pantisocracy” (1794) Φ In 1797 he met Wordsworth and from their friendship and collaboration the project of the “lyrical Ballads” was born. Φ Die in London 25 July 1834

The friendship with Wordsworth In 1797 Coleridge met Wordsworth and they became friends. Wordsworth with his sister Dorothy went to live in the Lake District to be near Coleridge and their influence stimulated him to his best poetic production. Together projected the “Lyrical Ballads”but Coleridge’s contribution to the volume was less than he had promised. This caused a breach between the two, but they nevertheless went on a trip in Germany together in 1798-1799 where Coleridge became interested in German philosophy which formed the basis of his late great prosework “Biografia Literaria”. He and Wordsworth afterwards continued their friendship and association but less closely and for a time had neighbouring cottages in the Lake District. -Ψ-

The rhyme of the Ancient Mariner “[…] God save thee, ancient mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus! -Why look’st thou so?-With my cross-bow I shot the Albatross.[…] ” -Ψ- “[…] The Mariner whose eye in bright Whose beard with age is hoar Is gone, and now the Wedding Guest Turned from the Bridegroom’s door. We went like one that had been stunned And is of sense foriom A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.[…]”

Natural & Supernatural Ф From nature to the supernatural

The rhymes of the Ancient mariner ( The form, the language, the themes and the story) THE FORM and THE LANGUAGE: Φ Written in the form of medieval ballad Φ Combination of dialogue and narration Φ For-line stanzas Φ Archaic language rich in alliterations,repetitions and onomatopeias -Ψ-

THE THEME: Φ travel and wandering Φ pride (while it's not clear exactly why the Mariner shoots the albatross in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the answer has something to do with pride) Φ suffering (suffering is sometimes the only way to change someone's habits for good, and it takes a whole lot of this painful medicine in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to make the Mariner realize that all of nature's creations are worthy of love and respect) Φ isolation (the Mariner in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner seems to have been a pretty sociable guy before he took that fateful trip down to the Arctic, but now he travels the country looking for former lost souls like himself) Φ transformation (  the most important transformation is the Mariner's conversion from prideful jerk who hates large birds to pious soul who can pray for even the ugliest creatures) Φ supernatural 

-Ψ- THE STORY THE STORY: Φ Encounter of the mariner with a "wedding guest"(that is the listener). Φ The mariner tells him the story of his magical and mysterious voyage, of his sin and of his redemption. Φ The mariner kills the albatross with no reasons. Φ The ship is driven to the equator by the south wind. Φ The ship is blocked in a calm sea,under a burning sun. Φ The mariner and the crew are tortured by thirst the crew blame the mariner for this. -Ψ-

Φ The crew hang the dead albatross around the neck of the mariner as a sign of his guilt. Φ A ship approaches from the west: on board death and death-in-life. Φ Death wins the crew's sowls, death-in-life wins the mariner's. Φ The crew die mariner: the only survivor. Φ Alone, the mariner watches the beauty of water-snakes and blesses them redemption. Φ The ship sinks but the mariner is saved. Φ Encounter with an heremit. Φ The mariner his condemned to travel land to land, and to teach, by his own example, Love and reverence to all thing that God made. -Ψ-

The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Symbolism Φ The Ancient Mariner as Adam: Φ The Ancient Mariner as Christian Sinner: Φ Ghost Ship as Wages of Sin: Φ Pilot: Φ Hermit: Φ Wedding Celebration: Φ Albatross: Φ Water-snakes: Φ The ship: Φ The crew: Φ The sun: Φ The ice: Φ The drought: Ψ Φ The voyage: Φ The crew: Ψ

-Ψ- CONNECTION WITH OTHER POETS: Φ Connection between "The Rime of the Ancien Mariner" of Coleridge and the "Snake" of Lawrence. Φ Connection between the symbolism of "The Rime of the Ancient. Φ Mariner"of Coleridge and "The Lamb" and "The Tiger" of Blake. -Ψ- OTHER REFERENCES: Φ The symbolism in Dante(the three beast) Φ The original sin (the figure of the snake)

“Coleridge, philosophy and religion” Φ The biographical genesis of the philosophical system Φ PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGIAN Φ “Parasitic” relation to German contemporary philosophy Φ GERMAN IDEALISM TRIP TO GERMANY 1798-1799 KANT , SCHILLER, FICHTE, SCHLEGEL. Φ Spiritual religion: revelation rather than natural evidences Φ His concrete religion: liberal Anglican 5 stages of prayer Φ From Unitarianism to Christian Platonism.

Philosophical and Historical movement: Ф ancient world view Ф 17th century Descartes Locke Ф 18th century Sentience over Reason Rousseau, Kant, Bentham Ф 19th century “Jus Animalium" + "Martin's Law" Ф 20th century 3rd Reich of Hitler “Tierschutzgesetz " Ф 21st century Developments...

Coleridge and the love for creation… […] “Farewell, farewell! But this I tell To thee, thou Wedding Gues! He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all!” […]

Love for nature Ф Nature in the romanticism The spirituality of nature Ф Nature today Our planet Ф Pollution Consequences in the water Death The ozone hole The temperature always higher Ф Morality The natural law WE CAN LEARN FROM NATURE! Ф Respect for nature Respect for others men. Ф Ecology and respect for nature, the values in the history of Avatar.

Our pets…

ANIMAL LIBERATION ANIMAL RIGHTS

ANIMALS & ENVIRONMENT: OUR FUTURE Global warming and Polar bears…

“I never thought like a child… …I never talked like a child"

FROM to Dreamer ADDICTED The opium abuse

LACK OF WILL