| Characters | Directions | Superstitions | Religious | Potpourri |
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Who is the (Ancient) Mariner?
The storyteller
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What is East?
The Sun rises in the _____.
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What is the albatross?
IT is at first a good omen
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What is blessing/prayer?
IT causes the dead bird to fall away
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What is a crossbow?
The WEAPON used in the tale
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Who is the wedding guest?
HE is forced to hear the tale
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What is south?
"The Sun came up upon the left," so the ship is headed ______.
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Who are the sailors/seamen/crew?
THEY later agree the bird is a bad omen, thus sealing their fates
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What are the slimy things/water snakes?
"I blessed THEM unaware"
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What is 200?
The NUMBER of sailors who dropped down one by one
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What is the albatross?
"IT perched for vespers nine" and came to the crew's calls
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What is north?
"The Sun now rose upon the right, so the ship is headed _____.
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What is the "specter bark" (ghost ship)?
IT stood like dungeon bars between the Sun and the sailors
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What are angel(ic) spirits?
THEY made it possible for the crew to work the returning ship
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What is decay?
Rhymes with play--the sailors' bodies do not do THIS
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Who is Death?
HE won the seamen's souls in a game
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What is Antarctica?
Possible "cold Country" near the South Pole
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What is the Polar Spirit (South Pole Spirit)?
IT is angered by the killing of the bird and prevents the ship from moving for a time
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Who is the Hermit?
The Mariner begs HIM to "shrieve" (save) his soul
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What is dice?
The GAME played for the seamen's souls
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Who is Life-in-Death?
SHE won the Mariner's soul in a game
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What is the equator?
The PLACE where the Sun is directly overhead at noon
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What is the star-dogged moon?
An OMEN of "impending evil to sailors"
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What is 7 days and 7 nights?
The length of TIME the Mariner lives with the curse of the dead men's eyes
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Who is the (Ancient) Mariner?
The Pilot's boy says, "Ha! Ha! full plain I see the Devil knows how to row," referring to this man.
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