http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/82/sandra-l-meyer Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 09:25:50 -0400 Sun, 03 May 2026 09:25:50 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-by-samuel-taylor-coleridge By Sandra L. Meyer - After the Mariner kills the Albatross, it is hung around his neck so he can understand the seriousness of his act, but he is incapable of realizing the full implications at this time.  The bird was of no danger to the Mariner or the men on the ship, and in fact, was a spiritual guide to safeguard the crew on their excursion.  The murder was committed on a whim, with no forethought about the act or the repercussions. The Mariner gives no explanation to the Wedding Guest as to why he killed the bird because he has none.  In his essay “The Sad Wisdom of the Mariner,” A.... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:59 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-by-samuel-taylor-coleridge http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/111/examining-oppression-through-the-lives-and-stories-of-sylvia-plath-and-charlotte-perkins-gilman By Sandra L. Meyer - Sylvia Plath‘s The Bell Jar is about a young woman named Esther Greenwood entering college in the early 1950’s, a time before the second wave of the women’s movement had been implemented. Esther has dreams of becoming a famous writer while most of the women around her dream of finding a husband. Esther does not fit in with these women - no matter how hard she tries she knows she is meant for something more than domestic life. Her struggles between the world she knows and the world she wants create an inner turmoil that eventually sends her to an institution where she receives... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:45 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/111/examining-oppression-through-the-lives-and-stories-of-sylvia-plath-and-charlotte-perkins-gilman