to the Mariner's tale for several reasons The Mariner's long grey beard and glittering eye make him listen to him As the Mariner holds the guest with his skinny hand the guest has no option now but to listen to him like a three years child - He holds him with his glittering eye - The Wedding-Guest stood still And listen like a three years' child The Mariner hath his will A Link Between Two Worlds The Wedding-guest's feedback to the narrative by the Mariner supplies a realistic touch to the unrealistic events He is a link between two worlds - the world of imagination the story of the Mariner and his strange experiences and the world of reality in which the Guest and the church are part The contrast between the spiritual worlds of the Mariner and its rich morality cannot be effective without the Wedding Guest figuring as a link between the two worlds The Target of the Mariner's Moral The Wedding-Guest is the target of the Mariner's moral story Only the Wedding-Guest can give occasion to The Mariner to serve the moral of his story Finally we can assert that the Wedding-Guest plays an important dramatic role in the poem The poem begins with the old Mariner stopping one of the three guests and the poem concludes with the Mariner finishing his conversation with the Wedding-Guest