PHYSICAL JOURNEY-ROTAM

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“Water, water Irony of water and the repetition of water The physical
every where, / And conveys the sheer extent of the Mariner’s challenges he
all the boards did suffering as he disconnects himself from exhibits allows him to
shrink; / Water, nature. understand the
water authority of nature
everywhere, / Nor and in order to
any drop to drink. “ survive he must
continue his journey.
“With throats Disturbing tactile imagery and a hellish These physical
unslaked and black connotation illustrate how the mariner consequences allow
lips baked” suffers at natures peril as he doesn’t him to gain an
respect nature. appreciation for the
Hellish connotation sheer power of
Tactile imagery nature.

PHYSICAL JOURNEY-LOP
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“Why are you In a long shot filled Christian imagery, Pi His surrender to
scaring him? I’ve stands on the boat, arms outstretched like nature and his
lost my family. I’ve Christ and cries, “Why are you scaring him? intense suffering
lost everything. I I’ve lost my family. I’ve lost everything. I enabled him to
surrender. What surrender. What more do you want?” The understand the
more do you non-diegetic sound of rousing orchestral power that nature
want?” music and the sound of crashing waves holds.
accompany his surrender and then fade to
sadder tones and choral voices that convey
a sense of Pi’s intense suffering during this
part of the ordeal, conveying that his
struggle to survive culminated in a spiritual
endeavour and internal self-discovery.
“Amma, Appa, A close-up shot presents Pi crying on the Pi’s internal
Ravi, I’m happy I’m boat, gazing up at the clouds. He is shown monologue depicts
going to see you giving himself up to nature as he recognises his deteriorating
soon” Close up its sheer power, “Amma, Appa, Ravi, I’m physical state, and his
shot, non-diegetic happy I’m going to see you soon.” The non- struggle to survive
music diegetic sound of melancholy orchestral enabled divine
music conveys a sense of Pi’s physical revelation and self-
suffering during this part of the ordeal. His discovery to occur.
struggle to survive against the authority of
nature precipitates an endeavour of divine
revelation and self-discovery.
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“Why look’st thou As the Albatross flies above the Mariner’s
so – With my ship, the Mariner shoots it for no apparent
crossbow I shot the reason, he is ignorant to the beauty of
ALBATROSS” nature, “Why look’st thou so? – With my
crossbow I shot the ALBATROSS.”
Capitalisation Capitalisation of the Albatross conveys its
Symbolism significance within the natural world,
accentuating the weight of his crime against
nature. The Mariner fails to see that beauty
that exists within the natural world,
ultimately violating a Romanticist ideal that
everything is beautiful
“I watched the During the mariner’s struggle to survive,
water-snakes, they lonesome through the demise of his fellow
moved in tracks of sailors as a consequence for his crime, he is
shining white.” forced to appreciate the beauty that exists
within nature or suffer its authority. He
White light gazes down into the water, “I watched the
imagery water-snakes, they moved in tracks of
shining white.” The white light imagery
represents chastity and goodness, and he
begins to rejoice that such beauty exists
within the natural world, an unexpected
insight into nature.