Vogt Mayra MunozAP Lit

Part 1:

1. It is not said in the poem and the guest himself even asks why he has stopped him.2. The Mariner prevents a man from attending a wedding so he can tell him a story. The

man that was stopped was fixed on the Mariners “glittering eye” and decided to listen.3. In the story, the sun stands for God’s authority and power. This influence displays more

of God’s wrath and consequences than the moon. The moon symbolizes God as forgiving and peaceful. Most of the good things happen at night in the story.

4. The mariners hail the bird as a Christian soul because it comes out of the fog and breaks the ship away and brings winds with it. It also brought wind to propel the boat.

5. The bird relates to the mariners because it came to the ship every day, ate their food, and sat on a perch during religious services in the evening.

6. The Mariner shoots the albatross because he thinks it’s bringing the bad weather. His act wasn’t premeditated and his shooting wasn’t caused by anything except his own motives to do so.

Part 2:

7. The mariners change their minds about the value of the bird because after it is killed the weather clears and becomes sunny and warm.

8. The stasis and the death imagery is used to describe what bad has happened because of killing the albatross.

9. The Mariner’s not being able to speak signifies the drought and punishment of God for killing the creature that was believed to be holy, the albatross.

10. The crew hangs the albatross around the Mariner’s neck because they believe it to be a symbol of holiness and they see evil in the Mariner for what he has done. In a sense, the albatross could be similar to a cross as used in this story.

Part 3:

11. The “spectre-bark” is a ghostly ship found on the mariners’ voyage. “Life-in-Death” and “Death” were on the ship. The ship and people on it are real because the crew sees it and the crew is killed.

12. The act of rolling dice to determine fate shows that justice is just a game and that your life and death is random and easily played with.

13. The mariners praised and supported the death of the albatross after it made the weather seem better but really it made things worse, so everything isn’t what it seems.

14. The Mariner gets the punishment he does because he was the cause of all of it and he is expected to suffer rather than die immediately.

Part 4:

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15. The Mariner is made to suffer in the particular way described because since he killed the albatross, he must be around the people that he technically has killed as well.

16. He compares himself to the snakes he describes because he believes he has done something terribly wrong and that he is a slimy creature himself.

17. He can’t pray because he killed the holy bird, and there is a “wicked whisper” in his ear.18. The change of perception of the snakes is caused by his loneliness and the constant gazes

of his dead shipmates.19. A spring of love gushes from his heart because he is able to bless the snakes because they

are living and free. He can be unaware because his heart and soul did the deed rather than his mind, and his saint took over because it felt pity over the Mariner.

20. The Mariner can now pray because the saint has taken pity on him and he is starting to feel bad for what he’s done.

21. The bird falls off his neck because he begins to regret killing it and causing all of this.22. The albatross sinks “like lead” because it was a heavy burden on the Mariner and now he

is free from it.

Part 5:

23. The Mariner can now sleep because he is free of the curse of the albatross.24. The dryness is removed with water because it rains and because he dreamed of drinking

water and having some in the buckets on the ship.25. The Mariner feels like a ghost because all the others are ghostly and working again on the

ship, but no one sees or acknowledges him. It’s ironic because they are actually all ghosts.

26. The air bursts into life because all of the spirits go near the mast and are releases pushing the boat forward.

27. The men arose from the dead because they had to help the ship make it through the dark storm. They are not forgiven just because they have arisen.

28. There is music imagery to describe a good spirit aiding the ship and Mariner.29. The spirit’s love the bird who loved the main shows how the albatross was only good and

the Mariner killed it, and committed a crime that was very hurtful and wrong. This leads to the Mariner’s fate.

30. The Mariner will do more penance because he killed an innocent soul who loved him and was loved by a spirit as well. The continued penance means that the Mariner will have to suffer more and be punished before he can be rectified.

Part 6:

31. The curse hasn’t died away because the Mariner still has to pay for what he has done and have a continued penance.

32. The Mariner can’t pray again because he is not yet cured of his curse.

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33. The men die again but a holy seraph comes out of each, forgiving the crew members of what they have done. They changed because they felt bad and sorry for praising the Mariner in killing the albatross. The bird is still at the bottom of the sea?

34. The Mariner thinks the Hermit can shrive him because he is holy and might be able to take away the blood of the albatross off of his soul. The Hermit was unable to do this because a whirlpool appeared.

Part 7:

35. The ship goes down like lead because it was a heavy burden and was full of sin and death. The events are associated because the Mariner has caused both.

36. The Mariner needs to tell his tale to be forgiven so the Hermit can help him. Forgive is a much better word because he has done wrong and must be forgiven by God, relieved is a word that would make the Mariner seems careless and selfless.

37. The need to tell his tale returns because it is his penance and he must constantly tell people whenever he remembers it.

38. It is sweeter for the Mariner to pray with the congregation rather than attend a wedding feast because he wants to repay for his sin.

39. The wedding guest is now “sadder but wiser” because he feels bad for the Mariner but he now knows that those who believe and act true to God live a happier and better life.

40. The Mariner hasn’t been forgiven because he hasn’t forgiven himself. He has the need to tell others his tale so that they can do better and he wants them to as well. He is not wrong about his life if his moral doesn’t confirm it and whether or not he is wrong about other things too is based on personal opinions.