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does the ancient mariner have a doppelganger ?

 

abigail c #212997
Nov 14, 2011 12:18 AM

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does the ancient mariner have a doppelganger ?

does he have a paranormal double that represents evil and misfortune and how ?

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SirCity
Nov 14, 2011 7:43 AM

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The mariner speaks of having a doppelganger, though he means it figuratively, in the following lines:

Like one, that on a lonesome road,
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head,
Because he knows, a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.

He feels haunted by a curse, something evil that is always on his back. But because he caused his own curse by killing the albatross, the unfortunate figure is himself. It's a classic doppelganger, a version of oneself that represents the darkness. In this case, that other side haunts the mariner.
 

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