How is the theme of retribution depicted in the epic poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?

I would want to respond to this question by focusing on
the way the Mariner himself receives the retribution of nature for what he does in his
foolish act of killing the albatross. We can see that this act of meaningless violence
against nature has an immediate impact on the Mariner and his fellow sailors, as is
shown in the following stanza:

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And I had done a hellish
thing,

And it would work 'em
woe:

For all averred, I had killed the
bird

That made the breeze to
blow.

The subsequent trials
and tribulations that the Mariner and his fellow crewmen suffer, which include the death
of all of the other sailors, are part of nature's retribution against the Mariner for
what he had done and the way that he had abused nature and exploited it. First of all,
there is no breeze whatsoever, and then "slimy things" come up from the detphs of the
ocean. These trials continue until the Mariner is able to bless nature in a different
form, and thus break the curse that hangs around him. However, retribution is a central
theme of this poem and occupies a major part of the poem.