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political and social ideals integrated into Melvilles stories and pushed the author to reconsider his religious dedication and his...

Melville sees civilisation as exemplified by whites, but this is a civilisation which, right at the start of the novel, he rejects...

Ishmael as he relates to Ahab and his quest for the whale. The second section examines the survival of Ishmael. The last section o...

freely expressing their sinful temptations to the minister. The cause of Reverend Hoopers alienation, it would appear, was not an...

personal morality were simply accepted, not questioned during their lives. Because American society as a whole had become better...

my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me,...

(Melville 2435). The crew were drawn to Billy Budd like a moth to a flame, and Melville wrote, "They all love him... Anybody will...

- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...

served to deflect and in part falsify them" (Melville). Now at first look these lines appear to be nothing that would indicate ...

why he engaged in such long sentences. Anyone who has read "Moby Dick," as well as "Billy Budd," will quickly recognize how Melvil...

Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...

of the lives and social customs of the Marquesas people. The story itself is not just an example of Herman Melvilles fertile imag...

In one page this essay discusses how this novel could be interpretated as a story involving moral liability that results from raci...

composition. Among her miscellaneous multitude, the Indomitable mustered several individuals who, however inferior in grade, were...

In ten pages this paper considers the authors' perspectives on reason and emotion as reflected in Ellison's 'Invisible Man,' Hemin...

In 5 pages this paper examines the symbolic parallels that exist between Melville's Billy Budd, the biblical Adam, and Jesus Chris...

In 7 pages this paper examines facing death and the traditional perception of religion in a comparative analysis of these novels. ...

In seven pages phallic symbolism is considered in a comparative analysis of Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener' and Hemingway's 'H...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the enslavement theme within these short stories from the perspectives of the revo...

In five pages this research paper focuses upon the author's use of setting in this short story and how it mirrors the progressive ...

In six pages this paper examines the novel's primary characters and analyzes them philosophically and morally in regards to good a...

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Pip and his racial significance especially given the practice of slaver...

appears on the scene, he is an imposing figure of a man whose scars tell the tale of his battles with nature and with God. "Threa...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the vengeance and madness of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Melville's Captain Ahab. Sev...

In five pages this paper analyzes Captain Delano in terms of his abilities to reason and his denial in a consideration of the igno...

In five pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding human nature with topics of prejudice and cynicism discussed. The...

In eight pages a psychological character analysis of Captain Vere is presented in order to determine the underlying reasons for hi...

In ten pages this paper examines the powerful symbolism within Melville's novel especially as it pertains to the whale's significa...

In five pages a novel synopsis and conclusion fairness assessment are presented in an analysis of the trial of Billy Budd. There ...

In five pages this research paper examines reporting by the media in an evaluation of its accuracy in a consideration of the conce...