Why did the mariners hang the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?

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The mariners hung the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner as a cursed reminder, so that the thought could plague him for the rest of his life.

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You have already read Coleridge's poem The Ancient Mariner in which an albatross is killed by the mariner. Why does the poet make an allusion to the albatross?

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(a) In which direction did the ship start moving? How can you say?

(b) Why does the mariner say that 'no sweet bird did follow'?

(c) How did the other mariners behave towards the Ancient Mariner at first? How many times did they change their mind about the Ancient Mariner? What does this tell us about their character?

(d) How did the sailing conditions change after the ship had moved out of the land of mist and snow? What or who did the mariners blame for this change?

(e) What is indicated by the line 'The bloody sun, at noon,/Right up above the mast did stand,/No bigger than the moon'?

(f) How does the mariner describe the fact that they were completely motionless in the middle of the sea?

(g) What is the irony in the ninth stanza? Explain it in your own words.

(h) What is the narrator trying to convey through the description of the situation in the tenth and eleventh stanza?

(i) What or who did the mariners feel was responsible for their suffering?

(j) Describe the condition of the mariners as expressed in the thirteenth stanza.

(k) Why did the mariners hang the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?

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How did the ancient mariner stop the wedding guest?

Answer the following questions briefly

(a) How did the ancient mariner stop the wedding guest?

(b) Was the wedding guest happy to be stopped? Give reasons for your answer.

(d) How does the mariner describe the movement of the ship as it sails away from the land?

(e) What kind of weather did the sailors enjoy at the beginning of their journey? How has it been expressed in the poem?

(f) How did the sailors reach the land of mist and snow?

(g) How does the mariner express the fact that the ship was completely surrounded by icebergs?

(h) How do we know that the albatross was not afraid of the humans? Why did the sailors hail it in God’s name?

(i)What was the terrible deed done by the Mariner? Why do you think he did it?

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