Another description of the whale reads, “Moby-Dick was ubiquitous… he had actually been encountered in opposite latitudes at one and the same instant of time” (323). Sailors have instilled in Moby-Dick the myth-like quality of universality. Here, Melville illustrates the exaggeration of Moby-Dick’s prowess, which yields another comparison between the beast and nature. Nature exists in every drop of water and every ocean current, and so does Moby-Dick. Moreover, every society has infused nature with supernatural quality at one time or another. Not only is nature ubiquitous, but so is human exaggeration of its
Another description of the whale reads, “Moby-Dick was ubiquitous… he had actually been encountered in opposite latitudes at one and the same instant of time” (323). Sailors have instilled in Moby-Dick the myth-like quality of universality. Here, Melville illustrates the exaggeration of Moby-Dick’s prowess, which yields another comparison between the beast and nature. Nature exists in every drop of water and every ocean current, and so does Moby-Dick. Moreover, every society has infused nature with supernatural quality at one time or another. Not only is nature ubiquitous, but so is human exaggeration of its