LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Never kill another feathered creature
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Watch as other sailors starve or drown
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Periodically repeat the tale he told the Hermit
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Constantly work to save all creatures great and small
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mariner must continue telling people about his penance because he needs to clear hisheart of the guilt he feels for the ghastly deed he did to the Albatross and his crew. He tells people towarn them to never betray the hand that feeds you. Especially if that hand is providing help forothers.
Detailed explanation-2: -"The mariner’s bound to tell of his story, to tell his tale wherever he goes; to teach God’s word by his own example, that we must love all things that God made.” Thus, he is compelled to tell his story in order to teach others.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ancient Mariner is punished by the natural world and the spiritual world. The punishment is in the form of the Mariner′s deprivation of natural elements, depravation of food and water: “Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.”
Detailed explanation-4: -d. What happens to the Mariner whenever he tells his tale? a. His soul is thrown into agony.