In Moby Dick there is many examples of symbolism. Symbolism is an object or thing or person that takes place of something or represents it. Some of the objects or people in Moby Dick include the carpenter, Ahab, Moby Dick, Starbuck, the coffin, and the coin. The story is based on a lot of faith, it connects with the bible majority of the movie. Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick, one could say he was a man of faith just because of how much faith he referenced it. The carpenter symbolizes Christ, he turned a symbol of death (the coffin) into a symbol of hope. The coffin is something that is made for death, what one would put the body in. It is very ironic considering it was something that saved someone’s life, the one’s life who had faith. Another
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In this case it is both. Starbuck is a man of faith, he stuck to his beliefs; there is only one God and his captain Ahab was his God. His beliefs were, “you obey your God and you do not disobey him, you have complete trust in what he will do.” Starbuck did not trust Ahab though, he was losing faith. But, even though he was losing faith he still never disobeyed his God. He was too good of a man, there comes a certain point when one chooses between life and death. Most choose life, Starbuck chooses faith. One cannot be “too religious” but one can be oblivious to religion. Starbuck could have killed Ahab and lived and took the ship back to shore and still got his whale oil money, but he chose religion and was being oblivious because he let religion get in the way of life. Starbuck ended up dying on the ship even though he did not even go out on the boats with the crew. He never stood up to his God because of faith and he died for it, that could symbolize honor. The coffin was what the carpenter made, or what Christ made. It was made originally for Queequeg symbolizing death because Queequeg was going to die in it. It ended up being a symbol of hope, hope for survival. It saved Ishmael because he was the only man who stuck to himself the whole time, he was the only one who did not lose faith. Not even for a second did he think of standing up to Ahab like Starbuck. That is
In this case it is both. Starbuck is a man of faith, he stuck to his beliefs; there is only one God and his captain Ahab was his God. His beliefs were, “you obey your God and you do not disobey him, you have complete trust in what he will do.” Starbuck did not trust Ahab though, he was losing faith. But, even though he was losing faith he still never disobeyed his God. He was too good of a man, there comes a certain point when one chooses between life and death. Most choose life, Starbuck chooses faith. One cannot be “too religious” but one can be oblivious to religion. Starbuck could have killed Ahab and lived and took the ship back to shore and still got his whale oil money, but he chose religion and was being oblivious because he let religion get in the way of life. Starbuck ended up dying on the ship even though he did not even go out on the boats with the crew. He never stood up to his God because of faith and he died for it, that could symbolize honor. The coffin was what the carpenter made, or what Christ made. It was made originally for Queequeg symbolizing death because Queequeg was going to die in it. It ended up being a symbol of hope, hope for survival. It saved Ishmael because he was the only man who stuck to himself the whole time, he was the only one who did not lose faith. Not even for a second did he think of standing up to Ahab like Starbuck. That is