Question

What does hanging of the albortross around the meriner neck sognify?

Answer 1

The word albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). ... Thealbatross is then literally hung around the mariner's neck by the crew tosymbolize his guilt in killing the bird.