Moby Dick
Name of the Writer
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The Quarter-Deck and The chase-Third Day
Introduction:
Moby-Dick is full of symbolism and describes the character of Captain Ahab in two chapters The Quarter Deck and The Chase-Third Day. Moby Dick is a Great novel written by Herman Melville in 1851. It is a story of a quest among a White Whale named as Moby Dick who destroyed the Captain Ahab’s ship in a voyage and also split his leg from the Knee. MobyDick is linked with the God and nature, good and evil. It aligns the splendor and magnificence of the nature.
Similarly, it aligns the vulnerability and influence of the nature. In this story, the character of Ahab is as larger than life who is passionate to …show more content…
Entire emotions such as sadness, love, hate, joy all are characterized by the presence of their opposites. If someone knows the hate he probably knows the love and it is same in all feeling. Emotions are basically defined by their opposites. In this story, Ahab’s hatred towards the Moby Dick is so intense that it makes him helpless and he cannot think anything else but anger that destroy his other emotions. His hatred touches the extremes where it converts into love. He cannot live without Moby Dick as he does not live without …show more content…
Ahab is symbolized with the Moby Dick due to his stubborn and determined nature. His faith on his own powers that denies any other power and even God. He is God by himself. He does not want to accept anyone else because in the result he has to disobey himself which he cannot afford. Both characters are evil and good at the same time. No one want to accept defeat.
Both Ahab and Moby Dick are so determined in their rage that they forget any other emotion and their anger and hatred covers other emotions. Ahab is not an ordinary man, he is quite tortured soul, deep and possess complicated nature. He is mad as he does not think that he is not old enough that he can defeat the White Whale but his determination is so high. His firm belief on himself leads him to forget the misery of his old age. (Dowling, 2010)
Name of the Writer
Name of the Institute
Date of Submission
The Quarter-Deck and The chase-Third Day
Introduction:
Moby-Dick is full of symbolism and describes the character of Captain Ahab in two chapters The Quarter Deck and The Chase-Third Day. Moby Dick is a Great novel written by Herman Melville in 1851. It is a story of a quest among a White Whale named as Moby Dick who destroyed the Captain Ahab’s ship in a voyage and also split his leg from the Knee. MobyDick is linked with the God and nature, good and evil. It aligns the splendor and magnificence of the nature.
Similarly, it aligns the vulnerability and influence of the nature. In this story, the character of Ahab is as larger than life who is passionate to …show more content…
Entire emotions such as sadness, love, hate, joy all are characterized by the presence of their opposites. If someone knows the hate he probably knows the love and it is same in all feeling. Emotions are basically defined by their opposites. In this story, Ahab’s hatred towards the Moby Dick is so intense that it makes him helpless and he cannot think anything else but anger that destroy his other emotions. His hatred touches the extremes where it converts into love. He cannot live without Moby Dick as he does not live without …show more content…
Ahab is symbolized with the Moby Dick due to his stubborn and determined nature. His faith on his own powers that denies any other power and even God. He is God by himself. He does not want to accept anyone else because in the result he has to disobey himself which he cannot afford. Both characters are evil and good at the same time. No one want to accept defeat.
Both Ahab and Moby Dick are so determined in their rage that they forget any other emotion and their anger and hatred covers other emotions. Ahab is not an ordinary man, he is quite tortured soul, deep and possess complicated nature. He is mad as he does not think that he is not old enough that he can defeat the White Whale but his determination is so high. His firm belief on himself leads him to forget the misery of his old age. (Dowling, 2010)