Well, the crew certainly suffer many "difficulties" as you
euphemistically put it after the Mariner kills the fated albatross with his crossbow.
This causes the Polar Spirit, which symbolises the spirit of nature itself, to pursue
the ship and suffering and punishment is visited upon the crew. Firstly, the breeze
vanishes, effectively stranding the ship in the ocean without any hope of freedom or
movement. Secondly, nature itself rebels against the crew, as the Mariner talks of how
the "very deep did rot" and how "slimy things" crawled upon "the slimy
sea."
Desperately thirsty, the crew see a ship draw near
that only contains two passengers. These two specters, Death and Life-in-Death, play
dice for the crew. All are one by Death and die except for the Mariner, who is won by
Life-in-Death:
Four times fifty living
men,
(And I heard nor sigh nor
groan)
With heavy thump, a lifeless
lump,
They dropped down one by
one.
Thus it is that the rest
of the crew meet their end after a time of immense trial and suffering thanks to the
Mariner's action in killing the albatross.
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