The poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" still has a impact on us today. As you can see left is a image of the mariner with the albatross hanging from his neck. This statue stands today in somerset, England. This Poem has lead to many movies and television shows, for instance the Pirates of the Caribbean. There are many parallels from the poem in this movie as in playing dice for the souls of men. The movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory also has many parallels from the poem. In the Wizard of OZ the wizard says to the scarecrow "Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on earth or slinks through slimly sea's has a brain". In the movie Cast Away the quote"Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink" is used. As for television shows in The Simpsons episode "Boy-Scoutz N the Hood" when stranded in the middle of the ocean and told to preserve the water supply with which Homer Simpson washes his socks and says "What do you think were floating on? Don't you know the poem? Water, water, everywhere, so let's all have a drink" In the Cartoon "The Kids next Door" there is an episode were the kids get trapped in a sea of vegetables and one of the characters says "Food, food everywhere, and not a bite to eat" Overall this poem still has a great impact still today in movies, music, and literature.
Ashley Cramblett
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