LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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They killed it and threw it in the sea.
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They pulled out its feathers.
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They treated it as one of the crew.
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They put it in a cage.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans. The mariner killed the albatross because he thought it was a bad omen and the reason why their wind had dropped.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ungrateful Mariner then shoots and kills the albatross with his crossbow, whereupon the ship is becalmed for days on end and the sailors begin dying of thirst as told in the poem’s best-known line, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.”
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mariner does a “hellish deed” when he kills an albatross, which is an act that other sailors perceive to be a kind of sacrilege. At first, the other sailors respond to the Mariner’s conduct with disbelief and rage, and they blame him for the crime that he committed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because of shooting the albatross, and cursing it with death the Mariner be came cursed with watching his entire crew die right in front of him.
Detailed explanation-5: -Then, inexplicably, the mariner shoots and kills it, bringing a curse upon the vessel. After some confusion, his shipmates vilify him and hang the bird carcass around his neck. The passing of a ghost ship (a bad omen) presages the deaths of all aboard ship except the narrator.