Fate Of The Mariner

The main story start with three guys who are on their way to a wedding stopped by an old mariner. This mariner is extremely good at engaging his audience when he tells stories. He starts telling a story about a journey he took that impacted the rest of his life. Even though the wedding guests were eager to attend the party he was able to hold them back to tell his story. The Mariner begins his story. The mariner and his crew were set in the middle of the ocean. The ship had detoured towards Antarctica to get away from a bad storm, but then they got caught in the dangerous, foggy ice field. During the journey an albatross shows up to get them through a stormy weather, but then the Mariner decides to shoot it. After the terrible decision of killing the …show more content…
Especially the crew who condone his actions. Everyone on the ship were sentenced death form the outcome of the disaster. Their lives were in the hands of Death and Life-in-Death. Death and Life-in-Death gambled for the lives of the sailors which resulted in a victory for death who took all the lives of the sailors except for the mariners. This is when they seal mariner's fate. This is ironic because the mariner was the one who's taken the life of the creature and only his life was left. God's will has brought the punishment to the old man. A spiritual voice from God was sent to deliver the news to the mariner that explained his sin and consequences, 'The man hath penance done, and penance more will do” (403-406). This quote above means the mariner has paid for his sins, and will continue to pay. He was given a second chance to live life miserably. Reaching land, and at his request, he is further forgiven of his sins by confessing to a holy man; it is in the telling of the story that the mariner realizes that while forgiven, he must still suffer the consequences of his actions through a reoccurring pain in order to atone what he has