Through stages of penance, repentance, absolution and redemption, Coleridge is able to depict the idea of salvation in 'The Rime of Ancient Mariner'. The question remaining in the responders mind, however, is whether or not the ancient mariner has reached salvation and why the spirit is compelling him to keep retelling the story of his journey. This seems to generate the idea that the ancient mariner cannot reach full salvation until he has told his …showed first 75 words of 2038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2038 total…redemption is the ancient mariner able to have a glimpse of salvation but by rekindling his relationship with God, nature, the dead crew and the spirit who loved the Albatross, the ancient mariner is able to vanish most of the guilt of killing the Albatross. However, a certain power still wills the ancient mariner to retell his agonising tale which allows the question to remain of whether or not the ancient mariner has achieved salvation.