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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
Why did the mariners hang the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?
Solution
The mariners hung the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner in order to remind him of the ghasdy deed he had committed by killing the innocent bird.
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