The extreme heat killed all the men on the ship except for the Mariner. The Mariner finally feels tons of regret and guilt because he was the one that caused all the chaos on the ship. The Mariners heart was as dry as the weather. When all the men died the Mariner began to see strange things in the sea and on the ship. The sea turns into a red color in the shadow of the ship, the red sea illustrates all the dead men the Mariner killed : “But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway, A still and awful red” (IV.48). The red color also sets a new tone to the tale: death and
The extreme heat killed all the men on the ship except for the Mariner. The Mariner finally feels tons of regret and guilt because he was the one that caused all the chaos on the ship. The Mariners heart was as dry as the weather. When all the men died the Mariner began to see strange things in the sea and on the ship. The sea turns into a red color in the shadow of the ship, the red sea illustrates all the dead men the Mariner killed : “But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway, A still and awful red” (IV.48). The red color also sets a new tone to the tale: death and