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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...

Chapter 87 One of the most powerful things we note in this particular chapter is the focus on issues of warfare and battle, issu...

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

In five pages this paper examines various themes including racism as they relate to Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Five sources ar...

In eight pages the importance of setting historical setting in order to take readers back to an earlier period is considered in an...

origin of the mysterious voices turned out to have a quite natural explanation, but there is nothing particularly comforting in th...

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...

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

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

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

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

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

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 ...

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

of Hamlets famous soliloquies, except for the ones which heightened dramatic impact, such as "To Be or Not to Be." He shrewdly ch...

wives of plantation owners, while the majority of them were well educated, rarely left their manicured grounds without their husba...

endeavors to avoid such a punishment by doing an exemplary job. Nevertheless, trouble develops and Billy seeks the advice of an ol...

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...

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

continues to build. The task of finding the real answer falls to the captain of the fist ship. What emerges then is a great myst...

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

journey. Immediately, the reader is shocked by Ahabs assertion and assumption that he is like God, that he holds the ultimate po...

worthy. With the ideals of Enlightenment we are given a much more complex train of thought as one must also examine the good of a ...

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

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

conflict of his characters. It is recommended that the person who is writing about this topic consider that much of Nathaniel Haw...