The wedding guest and the mariner are standing on the boat together after everyone else has dropped dead. The wedding guest is scared because the mariner has not dropped dead with everyone else. He tells him how scared he is of how he looks, and the mariner tells him not to be scared.
The mariner starts telling the wedding guest about the curse that he has and how it affects him. He tells him that he is very lonely. The mariner carries on by talking about what is surrounding them.
The mariner looks out to sea and sees the water snakes swimming through the water. He realises how beautiful they are and he feels a surge of love in his heart.
The mariner is set free from his curse because he starts to feel the beauty in his heart, and the albatross which is the symbol of the curse falls off of him.
November 11, 2016 at 12:10 pm
This is an excellent, well written summary of Part the Fourth. I’m very pleased to see you writing with such sophistication and accuracy, Jack.