In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the Mariner's killing of the albatross represents

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The killing of the albatross is portrayed as a heinous act against nature and is followed by a series of supernatural consequences, suggesting that the Mariner has incurred the wrath of the natural world. The poem can be read as a warning against the exploitation and destruction of the environment.