The French Revolution took place in France and began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s. During that period France was under the ruling power of an absolute monarchy and the feudal system. The event was caused by the discontent with the monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI. Coleridge was known for being in favor of the Revolution. He believed in the importance of a moral revolution before a political one. The Revolution, to call for that morality used guilt as a strategy. In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” the mariner experience guilt several times throughout the story. There’s a moment when he is alone in the ship, surrounded by dead people, feeling guilty that he killed the Albatross.

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