![]() However, throughout this story, the guest pays more and more attention to the story. He refuses to treat the story very seriously- at first. This wedding guest is very reluctant to listen to the mariner’s awesome tale. The Wedding-Guest stands hypnotized and “cannot choose but hear.” The Mariner goes on with his tale. The poem opens with an Ancient Mariner, with a long grey beard and glittering eyes, stops one of the three guests on their way to a wedding feast and wants him to hear his story. Thematically, he helps the interpretation of two different kinds of reality- the reality of everyday common existence and the reality of the uncanny world. ![]() Structurally, he reinforces the dramatic element. The Wedding-guest plays an important role in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and makes the poem much more dramatic. ![]()
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