Question

What consequences did the mariners have to face as a result of killing the albatross?

Answer 1

following things happened as the consequences of killing the albatross
. Breeze stopped blowing and the sails dropped down so they got trapped in the silent sea as a painted ship in a painted ocean
. it became extreme hot due to the bloddy sun that stood above the head in the hot copper like sky
. soon the boards of ship began to shrink
. the mariners had horrible dreams of albatross
. mariners were choked with soot
. they became so thristy that they could not speak even when they are surrounded by water but couldn't drink it
. the ancient mariner had evil looks from the old and young and they hung the dead albatross round his neck.

Answer 2

As a punishment for killing the albatross, the sailors force the Mariner to hang the dead albatross around his neck. This punishment is symbolic in the sense that the Mariner would have to "carry the burden" of killing the albatross, they became so thristy that they could not speak even when they are surrounded by water but couldn't drink it and had mariners had bad dreams about albatross.