Ahab

In the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, a whaling ship captain, Captain Ahab; seeks revenge on the whale who took his leg: Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is tormented to insanity and will go to great lengths to satiate his deep need for vengeance on this whale he has come to see as the epitome of evil. Melville exemplifies many common characteristics of the dark side of Romanticism in Moby-Dick, such as remote locations, insanity, and fascination with evil and the power of darkness. In his novel…

Melville’s timeless novel, Moby Dick, Captain Ahab of the ship Pequod convinces his crew to join him on a quest for revenge against Moby Dick, the whale that devoured his leg, which ends in the death of every crew member but one. To Ahab’s chief mate, Starbuck, this quest seems dangerous and impossible, but the rest of the crew enthusiastically takes part due to Ahab’s mastery of persuasive tactics. In chapter 36, “The Quarter-Deck,” from pages 232-235, Captain Ahab uses a combination of…

Nathaniel Hawthorne, portrays a character by the name of Roger chillingworth who is overtaken by the presence of evil. In another American gothic novel, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick contains Captain Ahab, who is seen in a similar situation to that of Chillingworth. Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab are both evil characters with many similarities based on their situations. The presence of evil in both of these characters manifests itself to lead the men to acts of cruelty. In Hawthorne’s The…

Moby Dick 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…

that hate upon him” (140). Ahab assigns multiple characteristics of evil to Moby Dick, and is determined to exterminate the malice he perceives within the White Whale. In contrast, Starbuck, the first mate of the Pequod, does not understand why Ahab makes Moby Dick a symbol. When Ahab is ranting about his anger at Moby Dick, Starbuck replies, “’Vengeance on a dumb brute...that simply smote thee from blindest instinct! Madness! To be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, seems blasphemous”…

Dimmesdale to drive his life. This makes him just as equally as evil as Ahab. Evil fills Roger Chillingworth once he finds out whom Hester Prynne has been with. Finding out about this doesn’t keep Roger sane, he turns quickly into a person who he wasn’t before and disguises it very well. Chillingworth then goes on to dedicate his life to making Dimmesdale suffer mentally and physically. He is persistent on getting revenge, just as Ahab was. Chillingworth’s medicines caused Dimmesdale to…

The revenge that Captain Ahab seeks on Moby Dick not only consumes himself, but puts his crew in danger due to his reckless behavior while chasing the giant sperm whale. Readers again see Starbuck disagree with Captain Ahab’s decision to pursue Moby Dick, saying “if it fairly comes in the way of the business we follow; but I came here to hunt whales, not my commander’s vengeance” (Melville 139). Starbuck claims the hunt for Moby Dick is only costing the crew money and putting them into a…

The Utilization of Literary Devices in the Characterization of Captain Ahab Herman Melville’s, Moby Dick, is the story about the journeys of a group of whalers led by the fearless Captain Ahab, and their quest to help the Captain get revenge on the great White Whale that once tore off his leg. Melville himself had once been a sailor and a majority of the book was inspired by the hardships he himself had faced at sea. The book is notorious for being very long, enigmatic, and filled with sailor…

In the American gothic novels The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab are both the main manifestations of evil. Ahab and Chillingworth are very similar in how and why they are evil. Captain Ahab and Roger Chillingworth both become evil because something or someone wronged them. Ahab became evil after Moby Dick took his leg. Chillingworth became evil when he arrived in Boston and found that his wife had a child as result…

the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. This book is about a ship being led by a captain named Ahab into killing a sperm whale named Moby Dick who Ahab sees as the embodiment of evil. Ahab is Pequod’s self absorbed and overly confident commander. His confidence made him a…