Ahab

British colonization included more than the movement of money and a system of authority. Colonists from Great Britain also brought along their cultural system that had rigid ideas and rules in relation to every aspect of an individual 's existence. This included the British model of gender and sexuality. This meant that many of the places that they had control saw a slow transformation, or an attempt, to turn these colonies into microcosms of the Metropol. In The Female King of Colonial Nigeria,…

In Chapter 94 of Moby-Dick, “A Squeeze of the Hand,” Melville exposes the reader to the bizarre and coveted substance that catalyzed the rapid expansion of the whaling industry. Spermaceti is a waxy, oil-like substance produced in the spermaceti organ in the skull of the sperm whale. Originating from the spermaceti-organ, the fluid is located in the cranial cavity of the sperm whale and occupies a major part of the skull, holding up to 1,900 litres of spermaceti. Since the spermaceti organ, a…

What Was True About the Hebrews? The biblical tale of Hebrews reveals many things about them, but how true is it? The evidence behind the Hebrews’ origins, power, and religion prove the Bible to be true. Biblical evidence about Canaan and archeological evidence lead to the conclusion that the Hebrews originated from outside of Canaan. Records of victory against the Israelites as well as the life and fall of David and Solomon’s Kingdom verifies that the Israelites were a powerful nation, but not…

Warped Thinking Humans are prone to having unusual thinking; this way of thinking has created so much! Unusual ways of thinking are what have brought humans to great milestones like landing on the moon, creating airplanes and cars, and tiny computers that can fit in the palm of someone’s hand. Sadly, the odd ways of thinking are not always good; sometimes it can be a very warped way of thinking. Thoughts and ideas and can be contorted and twisted, even be used to be cruel to others. Having this…

Romanticism vs Realism When I hear the words “romanticism” and “realism” it doesn’t sound like it would involve each other or even be labeled anywhere close to one another. After refreshing my memory of romanticism, I remembered that just because it has the keyword “romance” does not mean anywhere near romantic. Romanticism to me is more of an unrealistic realm. It was a movement to go against the ideas of enlightenment, or in other words, go against society. It was more of a happy, or…

militarily. Admittedly, there are some who take this reading to be a purely colonialist one, such as Edward Said. Indeed, Said views most of the text and its symbolism to be a pointed commentary towards American colonial ambitions. He states, “Captain Ahab is an allegorical representation of the American world quest; he is obsessed, compelling, unstoppable, completely wrapped up in his own rhetorical justification and his sense of cosmic symbolism” (Culture and Imperialism 288). But perhaps,…

In her essay, Prof. Danusha Goska states her claim that “Nazism alone is necessary and sufficient support for Nazi crimes. Nazism was not only not Christian, it was Neo-Pagan, Nationalist and Social Darwinist, and overtly anti-Christan.” Following this statement, she goes on to list several primary sources and other facts to support her claim. Her first major piece of evidence presented is the claim that Nazism had its birth in the late 18th century with the German philosopher Johann Gottfried…

A Final Chapter This novel is designed in a disconnected manner, it doesn’t simply tell the story of a man on a ship. Meandering thoughts and disconnection is at the start of any process. Melville has used this part of the process in his favor, his book is full of meandering storylines and disconnected threads. In the beginning of the novel Melville writes “Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down a dale and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is magic in…

He became the minister of a Boston parish in 1803. Cultured, eloquent, and a persuasive writer, he became famed throughout New England for his oratorical gifts and as a theologian. In seriousness of purpose and in purity of character, Channing represented the strength and virtue of the old Puritan stock. His portrait, presenting him in the conventional black gown of the clergyman with the white bands at the neck, shows a face highly intellectual and refined, with features delicate, spiritual,…

His son and successor Solomon is most noted for advancing David’s kingdom and for building the First Temple. In fact, according to Abba Eban (1999), author of over half a dozen historical reference books on Jewish history as well as the PBS television series “Civilization and the Jews,” “Solomon’s Temple was the crowning glory of a building program that rivaled those of the Pharaohs” (p. 50). Archaeologists claim to have found remnants of Solomon’s Temple as well in the form of a tablet dated…