Question

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Ah ! Well-a-day ! What evil looks Had I from old and young ! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung.
(a) Why did the speaker have evil looks from the mariners ?
(b) Why did they hang the albatross around the speaker’s neck ?
(c) What does the word ‘evil’ mean ?

Answer 1

a) The speaker have evil looks from mariner because he had killed the albatross bird.
b) They hang the albatross around the speaker's neck as a punishment because he had killed the albatross bird and orders him to tell this story of bird killing to everyone .
c) The word evil means a person or a character who had done a bad work.

Answer 2

A.The other mariners thought it was only due to the speaker they had met such a bad situation that had come to them.
B.they had done so because due to this act,they would get rid of all their sufferings caused by the albetross.
C.a bad conclusion about  the speaker