200 Mariner Punishments

In the poem, the mariner and the crew were given different punishments. The 200 crewmen were killed, but the mariner was left to live with life in death. This was a very just outcome because everybody received the punishment that they deserved. It states on page 69, “Four times fifty living men/(And I heard nor sigh nor groan)/With heavy thump, a lifeless lump” (Lines 74-76). The crew suffered a less severe punishment with an instant death compared to the mariner who committed a great sin by killing the albatross. It also states on page 69, “And every soul, it passed me by/Like the whizz of my crossbow” (Lines 80-81). The mariner blamed himself for the misfortune that he brought upon his crew and himself. For his punishment, he had to live