In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what is the reason given for the Mariner's act of killing the albatross?

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As an act of retaliationTo alter the climatic conditionsTo summon deathly forcesThe poem does not explicitly reveal his motiveTo protect the ship from danger

Explanation

The poem never clearly explains why the Mariner kills the albatross. While readers may speculate, the text itself does not provide a direct reason for his action.