LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ROMANTIC ERA ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Question
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The albatross came back to life.
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The fog cleared and the sun shined brightly.
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The sailors started dropping dead.
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The ice melted.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sailors become so enraged at the Mariner for killing the albatross and forever cursing their ship that they make him wear the dead albatross around his neck to illustrate the burden he must suffer for killing it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why couldn’t the ship sail any further? They blamed him for making the wind die. What was the sailors’ initial reaction after the Ancient Mariner killed the Albatross? They praised him for making the mist disappear.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why do the mariners shipmates first condemn his killing of the albatross, and then approve of it? They believed it was a good omen, then they decided the bird brought fog and mist.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mariner is forced to wear the bird about his neck as a symbol of guilt. “Instead of the cross, the Albatross / About my neck was hung”. Coleridge, the poet of this poem was a known user of opium.