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General Story Information
Beginning
Middle I
Middle II
Ending
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What is the genre?
ballad
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What is a mariner?
A sea man
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What did the ship men call the bird that flew around the boat?
Albatross
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what happened to the weather when the bird was killed?
boat sat still, fog left, no wind, no rain
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how did the wedding guest feel after the story?
a weight lifted off of him
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Who is the author?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Where is the mariner at in the beginning of the story?
The wedding feast
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Why did the mariner shoot the bird?
no reason
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What did the ship men hang around the mariners neck?
the albatross
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what happen when the small boat with three men on it hit the mariners ship?
mariners boat fell apart
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What are the two settings of the story?
Wedding feast and a boat on the sea
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How does the mariner get the attention of the wedding guest?
With a piercing look in his eyes and a wiggly point
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Why were the ship men so mad the mariner shot the bird?
thought the bird was good luck
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what was on the small boat?
death and life-in-death
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Why was the mariner able to sleep again?
able to pray
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What is the theme?
He wants everyone to know that God loves all creatures
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Why is the wedding guest so spell bound to the mariner?
Because of the old, seafaring man's eyes
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what did the slimy things outside the boat represent?
evil, monsters, water snakes
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how many days was he not able to sleep?
7 days and nights
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what does the mariner see on the way home?
light house
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What is a ballad?
Tells a story
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What does the wedding guest hear in the background while listening to the mariner's tale?
The bridal party entering
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Where was the storm taking the ship?
south pole
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what does bliss symbolize and what does woe symbolize?
bliss heaven, and woe is hell
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what does he wish for after the story is over?
could live with peace