Question

God save thee,ancient mariner from the fields that plague thee thus! why look'st thou so?-"with my crossbow.(time of ancient mariner)

1)what is the speaker referring to when he says 'why look'st at thou so?

2)why did the first speaker get this response from the second speaker.

Answer 1

1) he refers that when the ancient Mariner killed the albatross the other sailors were staring at the Mariner angrily.

2) the speaker got this response because the second speaker was feeling bad for what the Mariner did and was praying to God for forgiving what he has done by killing the albatross.