The bride had entered, the minstrels were going on and the wedding ceremony was to begin in the hall. But the ancient mariner was holding the bride-groom in a magical spell of poetry, telling him the story of the sin in the ghost ship. So only it was normal that the wedding-guest beat his breast fearing that the ceremony would be over without him. The anxiety and suspense Coleridge created in this part of the poem was only a prelude to the unbelievable things he was going to tell in the poem.
The wedding guest beats his breast in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as a sign of remorse and regret for not heeding the Mariner's warning. It symbolizes his guilt and internal struggle after listening to the Mariner's tale of suffering and redemption. It represents his realization of the importance of respecting nature and the consequences of ignoring its power.
The wedding guest is afraid of the Ancient Mariner because the Mariner has a compelling and eerie presence, and his intense, hypnotic gaze captivates the wedding guest, leaving him feeling both fascinated and disturbed by the Mariner's strange and haunting story about his cursed voyage.
The ancient mariner stopped the wedding guest by grabbing him with his hypnotic gaze and compelling him to listen to his tale without saying a word, mesmerizing him with the intensity of his eyes. This supernatural hold prevented the wedding guest from leaving and forced him to hear the mariner's haunting story.
It makes him 'a sadder and a wiser man'.
the ancient mariner is most likely some semblance of the ancient order of men ruling over women, and this order was caused by the fact that men have penises while women have vaginas. in addition, the penis goes into the wet vagina, which is like a sea, so the penis could be considered to be a mariner itself.
After hearing the Mariner's story, the Wedding Guest is left in disbelief and awe. He is transfixed by the Mariner's compelling tale and is deeply affected by its moral lesson. Ultimately, he is compelled to reflect on his own life and actions.
According to ChaCha, "the Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience and fear to fascination as the Mariner's story progresses."
After killing the Albatross, the Mariner feels a need to rid himself of guilt and does so by stopping the Wedding Guest to tell him a story, one which will teach the guest a valuable lesson. The lesson makes the guest feel like a sadder, wiser man, but better off for having met the Mariner.
The mariner tells his story to a wedding guest whom he stops to share his tale with as he feels compelled to unload the burden of his experiences.
The ancient Mariner tells that he has the urge to tell his tale at unpredictable times. He also states that he is in agony until he does tell his tale to someone. This is something that he discloses to the wedding guest in the poem.
The substance that is mentioned throughout "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is water. Water is a prominent symbol in the poem, representing life, death, and the natural world. The mariner's desperate thirst and the surrounding ocean serve as central motifs in the poem.
Two spiritual bodies offering a stylistic break from the rest of the poem, one a questioner and one giving ambiguous statements. They listen to The Mariner's tale but aren't compelled to hear it as the Wedding Guest is (they move on- one urges the other on). They are omniscient and can give an explanation for The Mariner's situation as unbiased observers. The idea is raised through them that reality is not set.
The cast of In Your Dreams - 2006 includes: Julie Belknap as Nurse Monica Kristin Bryson as Wedding Guest Helen Cho as Wedding Guest Jennie Floyd as Wedding Guest Connie Jean Chen as Daughter Jenny Kanina Johnson as Wedding Guest Kristin Korsnes as Wedding Guest Rosemarie Li as Cathy Peterson Kelly McKnight as Wedding Guest Justin Razavi as Wedding Guest Will Rolland as Husband Bill Steve Sabo as Wedding Guest Adriana Souza as Wedding Guest Erica Sutherland as Wedding Guest Natalie Winters as Wedding Guest Katrina Wogan as Wedding Guest Patrice Zappa as Wedding Guest