Read the articles on the following links and make a comment in response to the question below.

superstitions of the sea

albatross around one’s neck

The sailors tell the mariner it is a bad thing that he killed the albatross, “Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay,/ that made the breeze to blow!” but also that it was a good thing, “‘Twas right, said they, such birds to slay,/ that bring the fog and mist.” Using the information in the two articles you have read, do you think it was a good thing or a bad thing for the mariner to kill the albatross? Write your comment in a structured paragraph.