As the wedding guest, make a diary entry of your observation about ancient mariner?(8marks)
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Sunday
February 3, 1750 AD
2:56 a.m
Dear Diary:
Today I had one of the queerest days of my life! I had gone
to attend my cousin’s wedding; but I had never thought in my wildest fancy I would
meet an old sailor! He was standing near the church. As I along with my two
other cousins was about to enter the church, he stopped me! I was outraged! However,
he was not an ordinary old man. He had some mystical powers. He hypnotized me! And
then he narrated me his tale of woe! He narrated that in his youth he had gone
on a round the world voyage. As there ship reached Antarctica it got stuck in
ice-bergs. Then an albatross flew to the ship out of mist. It proved auspicious
and lucky for the ship. The ice broke; the ship began to move again. The albatross
became the crew’s friend. Then, one day the bird got killed accidentally from
the mariner’s arrow. The crew members feared the killing would bring them trouble;
but their ship did not face any trouble. They rather met pleasant and bright
weather conditions. The crew members praised the mariner for killing the bird,
which they thought had brought mist and ice at Antarctica. But as the ship was
passing by the equator, the ship got stuck in a silent sea. The ship remained
stuck for many days. It was very hot there; all their water and provisions were
used up. Then all the crew members blamed the old mariner for killing the
albatross. They believed it was the spirit of the bird that had made the ship
stuck there. So, they decided to punish him. They hung the dead albatross
around the mariner’s neck and made him stand at the prow of the ship. Since the
mariner was really penitent for his mistake, only he survived. The rest all
died. I was really moved to hear the mariner’s story, though I missed the
wedding.