This contention is true because if the wedding had been very dominating, maybe he would have forced his way to the wedding. But the real truth is that the mesmerizing persona of the Ancient Mariner and his crazy and loony ways arrested the attention of the wedding guest. His glittering eyes paralyse the wedding guest. He beats his breast but is not able to get away. Later on the power of the Mariner’s narrative spellbinds the guest. He is also influenced by the sheer strangeness of the story, it grips him somehow and he does not resist the Mariner’s force later. So, though the guest is weak, it is the Mariner’s ‘Charisma’ that holds him.
