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of this, decides to hire him on the spot (Herman Melvilles Bartleby the Scrivener). Essentially, he figures that if he looks well...

In eight pages this paper examines the evil that manifests itself in the predatory characters of Roger Chillingworth in The Scarle...

In five pages Hemingway's Harold Krebs is compared with Melville's story narrator in an argument that asserts that confrontation f...

In five pages Billy Budd's transcendental nature is examined in terms of the protagonist's exemplification of peacemaking, honesty...

that part covered). Even in her disconcerted and distracted mental state after the birth of her child, Charlotte is able to pray f...

something like "I found one of the most impressive images that Melville used was to say that Ahab looked like he had been cast in ...

Claggarts psychological make-up, because he himself has never had to struggle between good and evil as personal motivators. Billy ...

vengeance". This passage highlights an extreme sense of violence, and reveals the chaos and out-of-control nature of the...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

moment of hurting Ahab that any vendetta or revenge was directed at him. So clearly, we can conclude the Ahabs vigilant hatred is...

whale (55). Naturally, this represents the books climax, but how would Melville fill the huge writing gap between the introductio...

This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...

In six pages this paper examines this novel by Herman Melville from a perspective of legal theory. Four sources are cited in the ...

little concern for the development, the past, of the relationships that play a very important part in the stories. One could well ...

metaphorically complex narrative that has been interpreted in a variety of ways. The story itself is deceptively simple. The narra...

of men. Men, primarily those men on the ship, are men who are likely "dangerous to encounter" on an ordinary day. They are perhaps...

trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...

wonder of nature, or the natural balance of things as he is determined to kill the whale. As one author notes, "Ahab destroys hims...

presumably just universe. An arrow going from the first circle to the second indicates the cause-and-effect direction. Multiple ...

offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...

This paper consists of seven pages and presents a literary analysis of the white symbolism that appears throughout Moby Dick by He...

In five pages this paper discusses the evil of Squeak and Claggart and the goodness of Billy Budd in an analysis of the novel by H...

Romantic tradition, of which Melville was a nominal or part-time member, of the innocence and moral superiority of a pastoral moti...

who flatly refused to accept the mundane. These two characters, both centers of nineteenth century American literature, each made...

In three pages Bartleby and the narrator's relationship are examined within the context of this Herman Melville short story. Ther...

In twenty five pages this paper discusses how Captain Ahab in Moby Dick by Herman Melville embodies all the dualities of the life ...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

as being mostly unforgiving of mans shortcomings, inasmuch as he implies that humanity has turned into a selfish, egotistical and ...

In five pages discord between citizens of the American north and south are considered and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville is used...

the whales as evil, or the one particular whale as evil, has infiltrated the beliefs of the men on board as well: "The whalemen be...