14. What is the mariner unable to do? 15. Explain this simile: one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and “Like dread, and having once turned round, walks on, and turns no more on his head; because he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread.” What two things does the mariner compare? 16. When he feels the breeze at his back, he believes he sees something that brings him joy. What does he see? 17. What heavenly creatures does the mariner see standing on each corpse of the crew? 18. Who were the three people the mariner sees next? 19. Who will away the albatross’s blood”? “wash 20. How to do the on the skiff boat react to the mariner’s ship? (Hint: what do they say about the ship’s sails?) 21. What suddenly happens to the ship with the skiff-boat approaches it? 22. The mariner ends up on the Pilot’s boat and started rowing. What does the Pilot’s boy call the mariner? How is this ironic? 23. Where was the mariner standing at the beginning of this part? 24. What does the mariner ask the Hermit to do? What do you think this means? 25. What is the mariner compelled to tell the Hermit? 26. How was the mariner’s action of killing the albatross impacted his life? What is forced to do the for the rest of his life?
14. What is the mariner unable to do? 15. Explain this simile: “Like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread, and having once turned round, walks on, and turns no more on his head; because he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread.” What two things does the mariner compare? 16. When he feels the breeze at his back, he believes he sees something that brings him joy. What does he see? 17. What heavenly creatures does the mariner see standing on each corpse of the crew? 18. Who were the three people the mariner sees next? 19. Who will “wash away the albatross’s blood”? 20. How to do the on the skiff boat react to the mariner’s ship? (Hint: what do they say about the ship’s sails?) 21. What suddenly happens to the ship with the skiff-boat approaches it? 22. The mariner ends up on the Pilot’s boat and started rowing. What does the Pilot’s boy call the mariner? How is this ironic? 23. Where was the mariner standing at the beginning of this part? 24. What does the mariner ask the Hermit to do? What do you think this means? 25. What is the mariner compelled to tell the Hermit? 26. How was the mariner’s action of killing the albatross impacted his life? What is forced to do the for the rest of his life?
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