Question

The mariner’s shipmates condemn him for killing the Albatross. Read what happens next. “Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.” In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, why is the Albatross hung around the Mariner’s neck?
A. It is a punishment for shooting the bird that brought the ship good luck.

B. The Mariner is trying to get the bird’s good luck.

C. Mariner thinks it looks better than a cross.

D. It is a reward for shooting the bird that was eating all the ship’s food

Answer 1

The Albatross is hung around the Mariner’s neck because it is a punishment for shooting the bird that brought the ship good luck in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

 

To add, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage.

Answer 2

They hung the Albatross around the Mariner’s neck.