In the third part, death and life in death play a game of chance to determine the fate of the mariner. Life-in-Death wins the game and curses the Mariner to life in death, a paradox as life and death are opposed. The Mariner is cursed to sail the seas, alone, neither alive nor dead. This curse signifies the Mariner's entry into the liminal phase between life and death. In this state of emptiness, the Mariner also experiences other paradoxes, such as "the charmed water [that] was still burning", which contributes to the strangeness of liminality, as the Mariner comes into contact with things he never seen before (Part IV). The paradoxical nature of liminal stages creates ambiguity and alienation. The curse distances the Mariner from the rest of the world and leaves his state ambiguous, neither alive nor dead. My eighteen years distance me from my childhood and leave my role within my family ambiguous. Although legally I am an adult, allowed to live independently and autonomously and make my own choices, paradoxically I am still dependent on my parents and obliged to follow their orders. In this paradox, I am neither a child nor a