2007-03-11 13:34:22 · 2 answers · asked by 4starmanny@sbcglobal.net 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
One by one all two hundred crew members die, but the Mariner lives on, seeing for seven days and nights the curse in the eyes of the crew's corpses, whose last expressions remain upon their faces.
2007-03-11 13:40:59 · answer #1 · answered by lou53053 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One by one all two hundred crew members die, but the Mariner lives on, seeing for seven days and nights the curse in the eyes of the crew's corpses, whose last expressions remain upon their faces. Eventually, the Mariner's curse is lifted when he sees sea creatures swimming in the water. Despite his cursing them as "slimy things" earlier in the poem, he suddenly sees their true beauty and blesses them (a spring of love gush'd from my heart and I bless'd them unaware); suddenly, as he manages to pray, the albatross falls from his neck and his guilt is partially expiated. The bodies of the crew, possessed by good spirits, rise again and steer the ship back home, where it sinks in a whirlpool, leaving only the Mariner behind
2007-03-11 20:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋